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Should Theresa May resign?

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MollyHuaCha · 05/06/2017 13:00

Police numbers have been drastically cut at a time when we really need a visible police presence on the streets as well as a huge input in behind the scenes to help detect and prevent terrorist activity.

Theresa May has been directly involved in reducing police numbers. Do you think she should resign?

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MollyHuaCha · 05/06/2017 17:31

She effectively has resigned by calling the General Election, surely?

We'll see Grin

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NataliaOsipova · 05/06/2017 17:19

She effectively has resigned by calling the General Election, surely?

Ylvamoon · 05/06/2017 17:19

^Madbengalmum

Corbyns now backtracking and says she shouldn't resign.^

Good, because it's a totally irrational request! 3 days before a general election... nothing can be achieved by her resigning!

abilockhart · 05/06/2017 17:19

I don't believe she should resign.

However, she should be voted out of office. Her 'enough is enough' is empty when she cut police numbers by 20,000.

dylexicdementor11 · 05/06/2017 17:16

Yes!

Motheroffourdragons · 05/06/2017 17:14

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Madbengalmum · 05/06/2017 17:00

Corbyns now backtracking and says she shouldn't resign.

NannyOggsKnickers · 05/06/2017 16:58

She shouldn't resign but this should give more people pause for thought before they vote Tory. They are after a small state- that means that everyone looks after themselves and sod anyone else. She's just showing herself to be a true Tory. She's only rolling out the platitudes because it's what people want to hear. She is directly responsible for current issues in policing and the associated knock on effect on national security. Not sure how we can trust her to suddenly change her ideology.

pilates · 05/06/2017 16:47

Of course not, how ridiculous

BMW6 · 05/06/2017 16:39

No

Bluebeedee · 05/06/2017 15:41

Ollie- it's not just 'corbie' who's saying it though. It's also coming from one of Cameron's old advisors

Flumpernickel · 05/06/2017 14:19

No.

HTH. Hmm

MovingOnUpMovingOnOut · 05/06/2017 14:17

No I don't think it was an over reaction. I thought maybe you were being a bit literal but then I read the rest of your post where you refer to things I haven't said or alluded to (and neither did the other moving on the thread) so I have no idea what you're going on about ollie sorry!

olliegarchy99 · 05/06/2017 14:11

moving
the meaning of the word decimate - don't you think your choice to use it is a bit of an overreaction?
Historically, the meaning of the word decimate is ‘kill one in every ten of (a group of people)’. This sense has been more or less totally superseded by the later, more general sense ‘kill, destroy, or remove a large proportion of’, as in the virus has decimated the population. Some traditionalists argue that this is incorrect, but it is clear that it is now part of standard English
the police force like the NHS is over-burdened with 'bosses' and no matter how many bobbies on the beat are available it would not enable them to prevent terrorist atrocities because they cannot physically be everywhere. Hmm
Of course she should not resign - this is corbie showing his 'nasty' side which has been there all along.
Do you really think labour's 10,000 extra police (however much they cost) would have cut the response time to less than 8 minutes.

MovingOnUpMovingOnOut · 05/06/2017 13:51

Better resourced

MovingOnUpMovingOnOut · 05/06/2017 13:50

No of course not. Resigning 3 days before an election would cause chaos.

I'm no May fan (will be voting Labour) and I think the decimation of our public services is a disgrace... I even see merit in the argument that if we had been resourced police and security services the attacks may never have even happened - many attacks have been thwarted - but I don't see how our Prime Minister resigning days before a general election helps at all.

If you think she should go exercise your democratic right on Thursday and vote for another party.

moutonfou · 05/06/2017 13:45

As others have said, if we want her out we have the perfect opportunity in 3 days' time.

Ankleswingers · 05/06/2017 13:43

No

wheresthel1ght · 05/06/2017 13:29

Considering the 7/7 attacks killed far more people and had a far wider impact at a b time when police numbers were at an all time high I can't see what your point it.

The police reacted and neutralised the threat in 8 minutes. Their efficiency at dealing with these incidents is impeccable.

MovingtoParadise · 05/06/2017 13:29

I think unless you actually work for the police you don't realise how much goodwill we rely on from them

Holidays cancelled, officers recalled from abroad, thousands of hours of unpaid overtime, 24 shifts, shift changes without notice. I'm sure I've barely mentioned half of them.

It's a DISGRACE that they've cut the force. We need more officers and it's DIRECTLY THERESA MAYS FAULT.

NoLotteryWinYet · 05/06/2017 13:25

it's too early to say which actions would have prevented these attacks.

derxa · 05/06/2017 13:20

No

NewspaperTaxis · 05/06/2017 13:18

Tricky one isn't it, because then the terrorists can celebrate having had a big impact on the democratic process, almost like, take that, Putin! We can do it too!

Not sure why blocks weren't put up on the bridges, what's the point of Cobra if not to sort that? But we have Ms Dick in charge, I mean, not a fantastic track record is it? Perhaps I'm being unfair. The only one who gets shot before committing a terrorist act turns out not to be a terrorist at all.

Did I see Ms May appearing at the lecturn under the strong and stable quote today at her press conference? It's getting past a joke.

BadTasteFlump · 05/06/2017 13:17

No. And anyway it's a moot point. She will either get 'sacked' as it were, or re-instated to carry on in a few days.

coldcanary · 05/06/2017 13:16

No. If people want her out they should show it at the polling station and vote her out.

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