Did anyone see her speech in Glasgow? It doesn't take very much to make the case for the EU with it;
"Politics is not a game and government is not a platform from which to pursue constitutional obsession. It is about taking the serious decisions to improve people's lives. A tunnel vision nationalism, which focuses only on independence Brexit at any cost, sells Scotland the UK short.
As Unionists, our job is clear. We know we are united together by a proud, shared history, but we are also bound together by enduring common interests. The United Kingdom European Union we cherish is not a thing of the past, but a Union vital to our prosperity and security, today and in the future.
The Union I am determined to strengthen and sustain is one that works for working people across England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland. A UK Europe which everyone can feel secure in. A Union in which our national and local identities are recognised and respected, but where our common bonds are strengthened. Where difference and diversity are celebrated, but where those things we share are celebrated just as much.
Because at the heart of the United Kingdom European Union is the unity of our people: a unity of interests, outlook, and principles. This transcends politics and institutions, the constitution, and the economy. It is about the values we share in our family of nations. Our pooling and sharing of risks and resources, our social and economic solidarity. That social union is the glue which holds us together.
We should never forget that the people who benefit most from solidarity across the United Kingdom European Union are not the strong and the successful, but the poorest and the most vulnerable in our society. We are four twenty eight nation, but at heart we are one people. That solidarity is the essence of the United Kingdom European Union and is the surest safeguard of its future.
Let us live up to that high ideal and let us never stop making loudly and clearly, the positive, optimistic, and passionate case for our precious union of nations and people."
Brexit
Theresa May - Hypocrit
CardinalSin · 04/03/2017 14:51
Hypocrisy was demonstrated by the fact that you could rewrite her speech, substituting UK for Scotland and EU for UK and you'd have the most eloquent case for not leaving the EU.
By her own logic (as outlined in her speech) there is no economic case to leave.
But she continues to insist that Brexit means Brexit 
So why can Brexiteers be allowed follow a course of action that has no economic basis, but is a based on a "feeling" of lost sovereignty (as confirmed in the White Paper, which acknowledges that it only "felt" like we'd lost sovereignty), when Scots are not allowed to dream of the same thing (and they have lost sovereignty - as confirmed by the Supreme Court judgement which confirmed that the Sewell Convention had no legal standing) ?? 
Hypocrisy was demonstrated by the fact that you could rewrite her speech, substituting UK for Scotland and EU for UK and you'd have the most eloquent case for not leaving the EU
No, that doesn't demonstrate hypocrisy. It demonstrates that if you rewrite the speech as you suggest, it reads as a case (opposing views are available) for remaining in the EU.
If I say "I am voting Labour because I believe it is the best for the country, and despair of anyone who voted otherwise" the fact that you can replace Labour with Conservative and it would still make sense doesn't make me a hypocrite for not voting Tory.
By her own logic (as outlined in her speech) there is no economic case to leave
No, because she wasn't talking about the EU, she was talking about the UK.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but the rules of language do not allow us to replace key words in what people say, and then claim that is what they said.
So take the above, you could replace Labour with Tory and then say I gave a credible reason for voting Tory Just the same logic.
We should never forget that the people who benefit most from solidarity across the United Kingdom/European Union are not the strong and the successful, but the poorest and the most vulnerable in our society
So for example, some people would agree with the above sentence with UK in it, but not with EU (me for instance). Just because it's true (if you believe it is) with one, doesn't make it true with the other.
I also think it is the case that TM supported remain and does believe there is a good case for staying in. However, like many others, shevaccepts that the country has democratically taken the decision to leave. This is not hypocrisy - it is accepting that in a democracy sometimes you have to accept decisions you wouldn't have chosen.
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