bickster Posted May 23, 2019 Moderator Share Posted May 23, 2019 Just now, mjmooney said: I reckon she'll set fire to Number Ten and head for the roof with a .38 special, shouting: "Made it, Ma! Top of the world!" Nah she'll go full on dirty protest and hunger strike, she has no dignity left Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desensitized43 Posted May 23, 2019 Share Posted May 23, 2019 When you're under severe pressure and you've been pictured visibly breaking down, as PM it's time to go. Under normal circumstances I would feel sorry for her, but she's done this to herself with ridiculous red lines that pander to the worst inclinations of her party and those that voted in the referendum based on lies and xenophobia. The quote from Vince Cable where he reported that she'd said "the people voted for pain" sums the woman up for me. If it's true, then she deserves everything she's got and more. Even if it isn't, the 'hostile environment' and "queue jumpers" comments are telling. Running down the clock and taking the country to brink of disaster in order to blackmail parliament to accept a deal that would surely have meant the breakup of the union and systematic destruction of workers rights and environmental protections by the right-wring of the Tory party. Her political epitaph must surely read - "A gutless leader and a nasty human being". 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Chindie Posted May 23, 2019 VT Supporter Popular Post Share Posted May 23, 2019 There can be few people in mainstream British politics you can less sympathy for than her. She wanted the job. From the get go she's made, if you're bizarrely kind to her, a hash of it. She's taken a difficult position and at every single chance, made it worse. Her posturing, rhetoric, and approach to the single thing that has defined her time in Downing Street, have all been nasty. She's presided over the first government to be held in contempt of Parliament. She has treated the Commons with contempt, regularly choosing not to debate when the government would look bad if it had. And she's incredibly untrustworthy. Going back on agreements, looking for mealy mouthed get outs, careful wordings intent on seeming to say one thing but leaving room to get another. So untrustworthy that after being bitten rather more times than was reasonable, her final laughable 'olive branch' was thrown out even by those inclined to agree with her. She's done. Unfortunately her defining characteristic is that of a cockroach, a sheer bloody mindedness to not give in, to survive those seconds longer, even when it's **** obvious that the game is up. It's managed to stay get along for most of her time in office, since her gamble lost in the snap election she's lead a zombie government that refused to die. So she'll cling on a while longer, saved by a recess. But it's over. The horses are running, the knives are firmly out, nests are being feathered and the spiderlings are waiting to feast on 'Mummy' (gag)... and each other. Sympathy? None. Less than none. Contempt? All of it. All the contempt. Literally the only thing against cheering as she stumbles out is the next incumbent is likely to be worse. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowychap Posted May 23, 2019 Share Posted May 23, 2019 38 minutes ago, Chindie said: There can be few people in mainstream British politics you can less sympathy for than her. She wanted the job. From the get go she's made, if you're bizarrely kind to her, a hash of it. Don't forget that sodding lectern. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amsterdam_Neil_D Posted May 23, 2019 Share Posted May 23, 2019 (edited) 47 minutes ago, Chindie said: the next incumbent is likely to be worse. As Stewart Lee said "Theresa May is a meer palette cleanser before a s*** sandwich" Edited May 23, 2019 by Amsterdam_Neil_D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterms Posted May 23, 2019 Share Posted May 23, 2019 The comment in the tweet picks up the reference to Hobbes' social contract: we give up some liberty, and obey the government, in return for security. If the government doesn't provide that, then civil disobedience is in order. The poverty they inflict on people is a breach of the social contract. Also see the comments today about cuts in legal aid threatening the rule of law. Same issue from a different angle, a less philosophical and more practical one. The tories are dismantling several of the foundations of civic society, and we must resist this. They appear to think that their own contortions over who will be their leader should occcupy their attention, rather than the vast social damage they have been wreaking over many years. The lack of perspective is staggering. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterms Posted May 23, 2019 Share Posted May 23, 2019 New footage emerges of discussions between Mrs May and the 1922 Committee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fightoffyour Posted May 24, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted May 24, 2019 16 hours ago, bickster said: Nah she'll go full on dirty protest and hunger strike, she has no dignity left 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted May 24, 2019 Share Posted May 24, 2019 Hold the front page! Helen Grant has resigned. Question remains, who is she and what has she resigned from? 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted May 24, 2019 Moderator Share Posted May 24, 2019 15 minutes ago, chrisp65 said: Hold the front page! Helen Grant has resigned. Question remains, who is she and what has she resigned from? Definitely needs a Mooney Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaJ100 Posted May 24, 2019 Share Posted May 24, 2019 Looks like it's curtains for the PM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowychap Posted May 24, 2019 Share Posted May 24, 2019 Ha ha ha ha. Steve Baker is suggesting that he might reluctantly stand for the leadership. What an absolute plum. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowychap Posted May 24, 2019 Share Posted May 24, 2019 15 hours ago, snowychap said: Don't forget that sodding lectern. It's out again, I see. As Ian Dunt has called it, the 'lectern of infinite crisis'. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowychap Posted May 24, 2019 Share Posted May 24, 2019 "We have completed the work that David Cameron and George Osborne started." New Tory leader: Not quite - you haven't seen how much I can right royally **** the country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodders Posted May 24, 2019 Share Posted May 24, 2019 7th June she's off. Remarkably the replacement will almost certainly be worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Pangloss Posted May 24, 2019 Share Posted May 24, 2019 Particularly loved the bit where she cried, her operating system must have some sort of virus. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshVilla Posted May 24, 2019 Share Posted May 24, 2019 Boris it's your time to shine. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowychap Posted May 24, 2019 Share Posted May 24, 2019 8 minutes ago, Rodders said: 7th June she's off. Just for clarity, she isn't off on 7th June. That's when she stands down as leader of the party to initiate the election process. She'll continue as PM until that process is over. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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snowychap Posted May 24, 2019 Share Posted May 24, 2019 (edited) Indeed. Good riddance to her. Edit: The more I think about this, the more it makes my blood boil and underlines what an utterly dreadful person Theresa May is. The trouble is that her legacy is unlikely to be dismantled by whoever follows - it will be built on. Edited May 24, 2019 by snowychap 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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