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Theresa May's time is up

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Cometh the hour, cometh the man.
 
"Thanks for your votes fellow vermin" said May. Except she didn't, afaik. Her lack of basic good manners could cost her further support from the remaining C.o.E. old Tories.
 
sounds like the hard brexit brigade have her hostage - they are insisting she stays and are pretty much saying what she can or cant do as they enter the negotiations.
But she has zero authority in the party now - an astonishing reversal of fortune with corbyn in the space of 9 months.
Maybe nobody wants the job right now -and they want her to take all the shit for brexit and then put her out of her misery.
But whats in it for her to stay on? surely she just wants to crawl away and die.

As for credible replacements - er ...... that cupboard is looking somewhat bare. I cant see them choosing boris - he is more and more of liability. If may goes soon - then David Davies as his is Mr Brexit. Longer term, if they had any sense, they would go for Ruth Davidson. But i cant see the membership choosing a lesbian remainer with short hair.

Meanwhile the remain tories will be plotting ...

eta - ruth davidson is not a westminster mp - so would have to fight a westminster byelection to get in the running. so shes not in the running anytime soon.
 
sounds like the hard brexit brigade have her hostage - they are insisting she stays and are pretty much saying what she can or cant do as they enter the negotiations.
But she has zero authority in the party now - an astonishing reversal of fortune with corbyn in the space of 9 months.
Maybe nobody wants the job right now -and they want her to take all the shit for brexit and then put her out of her misery.
But whats in it for her to stay on? surely she just wants to crawl away and die.

As for credible replacements - er ...... that cupboard is looking somewhat bare. I cant see them choosing boris - he is more and more of liability. If may goes soon - then David Davies as his is Mr Brexit. Longer term, if they had any sense, they would go for Ruth Davidson. But i cant see the membership choosing a lesbian remainer with short hair.

Meanwhile the remain tories will be plotting ...

eta - ruth davidson is not a westminster mp - so would have to fight a westminster byelection to get in the running. so shes not in the running anytime soon.

Davidson is probably the least repugnant person to wear a blue rosette that I've ever seen/heard. Clearly she's no imminent threat at Westminster but if the Tories ever do decide to fight an election in the century they're actually living in, they'd be crazy* not to find a way to pick her. (*then again...)

I think lots of people are writing Boris off too readily on the basis that he's ridiculous. It's never held him back before. But he's a self-serving coward, and I can't imagine him wanting to endure - and take the blame for - the turbulence he'd inherit if he took over in the next six months or so. I think the more likely outcome if May does go is that they'll choose another May - someone no one actually wants on their own merits, but who has managed to make fewer sworn enemies than the other candidates.
 
Am I right in thinking if she goes by July 5th she'll be the shortest serving British Prime Minister since George Canning in 1827 (beating Alex Douglas-Home's 363 days)?

Nope. Yer man Bonar Law served only 211 days back in 1922.
 
So, she's only managed to buy off leadership challengers with sacrificing the advisor scapegoats.
Timothy didn't sound too remorseful in his resignation letter...

But I take responsibility for the content of the whole manifesto, which I continue to believe is an honest and strong programme for government.
:D

Looks like tail-spin time.
 
I've just posted this on another thread but it's probably more relevant here tbh. 2/3rds of Tory Party members think May should resign, according to this poll:



I've no idea who Conservative Home are so don't take my word for this. I'd like to think it's a reasonably good pointer of the disarray they're in though.
 
May's hipster-bearded majordomo Nick Timothy has resigned I see. Seems to have got in a few digs at Crosby on his way out.
 
This is the best bit of all. She has to go, but the Tories can't hold a leadership election with the Brexit negotiations looming. They really are fucked.
Absolutely. But if she continues to do badly, to the extent that a Labour landslide seems likely next time, they'll have a coup. Cue - Boris, Rudd, Gove or possibly Hammond
 
Absolutely. But if she continues to do badly, to the extent that a Labour landslide seems likely next time, they'll have a coup. Cue - Boris, Rudd, Gove or possibly Hammond
I would love them to put forward Gove or, even, Liam Fox.:eek:

That would make for a fun Summer!
 
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