Teresa May - can we trust her to Brexit?

[PoliticalSpin]

Just that really. She seems the most sensible choice but will she have the Leavers trust?

[SoleBizzz]

I know someone who went to see her in the 1980's about a broken fence. Repaired within a week.

[Alfieisnoisy]

I am betting none of them will trigger Article 50.

I voted Renain but accept the result and wouldn't want a second referendum. I don't think any of them are keen to go through with it from the shocked responses following the result.

The sad thing for me is that this was absolutely a protest vote by many (not all) Leave voters. My best hope following the result is that MPs would really look at this and make changes....but that hope has now gone. I don't think any of them care about us or what we think.

I think whoever gets in will go their own sweet way and the public can go to hell .

Or am I just being very cynical. After all policiticiams ALWAYS keep their promises...don't they?

[PinkyPlumet]

Can we trust her with anything?

[ConferencePear]

Or any of our politicians with anything. If the referendum has shown anything it is the incompetence of our poliiticians of all stripes.

[PigletWasPoohsFriend]

I'm not convinced she was full out for Remain a way. She wasn't exactly campaigning hard was she.

[RepentAtLeisure]

Can we trust her with anything?

Ask Gary McKinnon and his mother.

[PoliticalSpin]

I liked that Ken Clarke described her as 'difficult', which suggests she wouldn't be a pushover, couldn't be bought. And she seems the sort to do the right thing - but will she think heeding the democratic will of the people is the right thing, or bowing to the pressure of the powerful?

[crossroads3]

Sadly I think we can. She has said "Brexit is Brexit" () with great gravitas, and I think she means it. I also agree that she is a secret leaver.

For me the government no longer have a mandate. Nobody does. There should be a General Election.

[ManonLescaut]

What do you mean by Brexit though - do you mean an EEA agreement or do you mean no EU at all, no single market, and trading by WTO rules?

[ManonLescaut]

I can't work out if she's a secret leaver or a secret remainer. She may not know herself at present.

[RiverTam]

Am I allowed to say in one of the many threads about this woman that it would be great if people could spell her name right - it's Theresa. As any media source or search engine could tell you. This is about the 5th I've seen with her name spelt wrongly and it's driving me nuts. Can't bear the woman, my blood runs cold at the idea of her being PM, but I can still get her name right!

Rant over. As you were.

[NameChanger22]

We can't trust her with our human rights, that's a given. But I hope she is truly a remainer and decides to put our interests before the silly referendum.

[JudyCoolibar]

It's all a bit academic, really, it looks as if we're stuck with her as she's got 165 votes in the first round of the leadership election against a combined total of 164 for all the others.

[Mistigri]

It's not MPs who decide Judy, they vote on which two candidates will be put forward for election by the Tory party membership.

May probably still has it in the bag though.

[BlunderWomansCat]

Liam Fox is out of the running and Stephen Crabb has just withdrawn, both are backing May now.

[YesThisIsMe]

Brexit means Brexit, but it doesn't have to mean what the Leave voters thought they were voting for.

[ProfessorPreciseaBug]

She was not a Brexit supporter.. but she has said Brexit means Brexit. There is a good chance she will be able to offer the remainers and the leavers something..

We have a divided country and it needs healing..

[RockandRollsuicide]

Yes there are many shocked voices , but I think if they dared to avoid triggering it, you would see massive civil un rest.

Although its being spun the other way, there are millions of happy leave voters waiting for the Uk to leave.

[RockandRollsuicide]

We have a divided country and it needs healing..

Yes and this is one of the positives of the Leave win actually. I am sure concessions can be won to appease remainers in some way.

However had remain won, we know the EU would not have budged in a single issue. And the country would have stayed very much fractured,

[Blue4ever]

We can't trust any of the candidates to Brexit or not to Brexit. There is NO plan. There will be an unelected pm with a mandate to carry out the most important task in the recent history of this country. It's mental. I wouldn't trust and don't trust any of them.

[crossroads3]

there are millions of happy leave voters waiting for the Uk to leave.

How do these people think their lives will change for the better when the UK leaves the EU? Genuine question.

[Millyonthefloss2]

We've discussed how things will change for the better at length.
Just as important is how they won't change for the worser. A lot of bad shit is going down in the EU.

[CoteDAzur]

"We've discussed how things will change for the better at length. Just as important is how they won't change for the worser."

I'm curious. How exactly does your crystal ball show things not changing for the "worser"?

You seem to know something that the financial markets and Governor of BoE have totally missed. I'd love to hear what it is.

[Blue4ever]

They are experts, Côte d'Azur. They don't count, remember?

[Blue4ever]

It will get better because they will get their country back.