Teresa May

[thegoodnameshadgone]

Might get crucified for this but....

She won.

She's had a lot to manage a response and a
Plan to deal with since she became PM.

I didn't vote for her. My partner did.

I feel a bit sorry for her.

Anyone else?

She did say more money will be made available should it be needed.

She also said she wouldnt call a snap election
she also said the police were scaremongering about the cuts

Weirdly I dont believe this time either

It will buy clothes, bedding, kitchen equipment, toys, books, furniture, replace IT equipment and mobile phones, pay for new passports, copies of birth certificates etc. Allow people to re-set up home when they get one, get back to some kind of 'normal

£8000 will do all that? Hardly.

Read this article.

www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/insurance/buildingsandcontent/8260054/6.8-million-homes-are-underinsured.html

May admits support for Grenfell Tower victims was not good enough

Weirdly I dont believe this time either

Well yes, I agree with that. And I foresee years of legal wrangling as to just who's fault this was which will make any compensation due slow to arrive.

However, this tragedy has already raised thousands, it is going to be a deciding factor in how long TM holds onto power and as a public, the outrage is truly overwhelming. We won't be letting this one go without a fight. I feel positive that money won't be an issue for the victims but it is going to be a long haul to justice.

8000 will do all that? Hardly

That's £8k,per person. A lot more for families, obviously.

Not that we should be putting a price on the losses and distress, obviously.

Still no official help centre

Maybot strikes again. apart from not emoting at the right time, I think Theresa May is doing her best in terrible circumstances.

Probably the annual bar bill in the house of commons!

2 million less, actually.

£369 million is being allocated to refurbish Buckingham Palace for one family.

In that context, it's shameful what has been allocated to the Grenfell residents, and shameful £200,000 was denied to put sprinklers in to their homes.

Some lives are cheap, others clearly not.

Agree with poster on here, if the Queen could do it why didn't she. In terms of talking to the victims. It's like she is petrified of normal people, maybe she thinks it's catching

I have not read this thread and I imagine the words I am about to write will be written off immediately by so many posters.

I had to go and see her many years ago in a very dire situation in her constituency. She listened to what I had to say. She didn't unlike others who had heard my story, look panicked, or had tears in her eyes, or look uncomfortable or look like she was going to put her arm around me.

She looked like she was thinking of practical, useful ways to help me. And she did.

That is good to hear.

I suspect that it what has got her thus far. However, the task before requires much more than listening to constituents in need... it's a whole country, some of whom don't trust her, or her party. There's a lot a stake.

She can be a good MP without necessarily being a good PM.

Even the right wing press have turned on her. The Mail is not happy. I think it'll be over for May pretty soon.

I wonder if she'll shed a little tear like Thatcher when she leaves Downing Street..

Oh and the Times. You live by the sword and all that..

She looked like she was thinking of practical, useful ways to help me. And she did. I believe you. That's the impression she gives me.

I doubt May has ever held a solid thought in her life.

She can be a good MP without necessarily being a good PM.

totally agree.

Interestingly, she's not on the Andrew Marr show this am. Has anyone seen her on any other news outlet?

Interestingly, she's not on the Andrew Marr show this am.
Was she due to be?

No, just me musing.

Ah ok.

I haven't heard her give any interview since the election.

Not on Radio 4, Marr, Peston.....

Has she done anything with the heavyweights?

When our house burnt down, it cost about £80000 to replace contents, for 3 people.

8k is nothing!

The only interview I'm aware of is the one with the blond woman, the disastrous one. I've seen only snippets, I couldn't bear to watch it.

Theresa May might be a good MP, and has indeed held the seat of Maidenhead since it was created, I think.

She isn't great socially though, and looks increasingly like a fish out of water in the role of Prime Minister.

I actually wonder whether she is now actually afraid of the role and of what she has taken on.

I would stop short of actually feeling sorry for her though. She didn't have to put herself forward to stand for the party leadership when Cameron resigned. She did it willingly, and with Brexit as the backdrop she would have surely had some idea what a poisoned chalice it would turn out to be.

If I am honest, I really cannot understand why anyone in their right mind would want the job of PM these days.