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Lordship 516

Lordship 516

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I don't feel she is so smug - just very reserved & possibly a bit shy; but she has a certain steely determination about her that is needed now in Europe.


The smug one is Gove - I cannot percieve any redeeming feature in the guy. He is intelligent & clever but shows no empathy or capacity to meet others half way. HAS DISAGREED WITH ALMOST EVERYONE HE HAS WORKED WITH ! Not consensual so would find it very hard to negotiate in Brussels which is the capital of compromise.

Lordship 516

Lordship 516

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Robert Poste's Child Wrote:

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> If Theresa May was anti-Brexit and yet is the

> right fit to run for PM, how does the same

> argument rule Osborne out? Is it down to

> individual conscience (hoping they each have one

> of those)? Confusing.


She didn't threaten voters with a supplementary budget

Lordship 516

Lordship 516

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Anyway, it was Osborne who ruled himself out.


Theresa May is ideally placed to negotiate an immigration policy that will be suitable for the UK. She did a reasonably good job under difficult conditions & now she can put that experience to good use during discussions in Brussels & elsewhere.

rendelharris

rendelharris

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Robert Poste's Child Wrote:

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> According to the news, Gove is now under pressure

> from govt ministers to withdraw to give Theresa

> May a clear field.


That would be a fantastic dummy on Boris and would be very cheering - though I fear it might give him a "wronged martyr" status with the Tory rank and file which might facilitate him leading a coup against May at a later date.

Jeremy

Jeremy

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Robert Poste's Child Wrote:

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> It's so crazy, convoluted and Machiavellian it

> might even get young people interested in politics again.


A BBC headline described it as "real life House of Cards"... pretty accurate I'd say!

JohnL

JohnL

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Lordship 516 Wrote:

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> Anyway, it was Osborne who ruled himself out.

>

> Theresa May is ideally placed to negotiate an

> immigration policy that will be suitable for the

> UK. She did a reasonably good job under difficult

> conditions & now she can put that experience to

> good use during discussions in Brussels &

> elsewhere.


She has now said that sending EU people living in the UK

home is on the table.


Not sure about that - even though it's obviously a bargaining

chip.

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