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Teresa May

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thegoodnameshadgone · 16/06/2017 22:49

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?

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Sara107 · 16/06/2017 23:38

I feel sorry for her on a personal level, she is in an incredibly demanding job which I don't think she has the skills to deal with. But she will have more shit heaped on her head if she does a Cameron and walks away from her mess. And who would replace her? Boris? I hate everything she stands for, I hate her anti-immigrant nastiness, I hate her poor-hating government, I hate 'austerity' punishing people who dare to be ill or disabled, or have a run of bad luck, I hate Brexit, I hate the atmosphere of nastiness and misogyny that seems to whirl around the rightwing media. But I still feel sorry for her, I would not swap places with her for anything.

Valentine2 · 16/06/2017 23:38

A lot of hope in Jeremy Corbyn which will lead to a lot of disappointment in the future.
It is the generation of social media+Harry Potter+Hunger Games combined. only the Tory side calls Corbyn a messiah. No one else does.

WizardOfToss · 16/06/2017 23:39

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SemiNormal · 16/06/2017 23:39

I'm with you OP. She has Brexit to deal with and then two terror attacks and now this in a very short space of time. I'm sure if Corbyn was in charge he'd be at the scene taking selfies wih everyone and stirring up hatred for rich people, because lets face it they're to blame for EVERYTHING aren't they? the hardworking cunts! Hmm

Yes she does come across as 'cold' but so what. I probably do, it's just my face and I struggle to show emotion, doesn't mean I'm an uncaring cold hearted fucker. I don't think we should be expecting emotional outpourings of grief/sympathy from our PMs anyway - I'd rather they stayed calm and in control in the public eye.

I'm not a Tory supporter either but I'm not beyond feeling compassion for a woman who has done little wrong IMO, I also don't think she should be held accountable for the actions of the entire party that occurred before she was PM.

Maxandrubyrubyandmax · 16/06/2017 23:41

Yes I feel sorry for her. The poor woman has been in office less than a year but everything seems to be her fault. I starting to wonder whether she is being deliberately shit advice so she will go. The residents of Kensington seem understandably to be looking for someone to blame and the socialist worker mob just can't help themselves but take advantage of the situation

Tapandgo · 16/06/2017 23:41

May has got what she wanted - to be Prime Minister. On the way to that she found enough words to insult and ridicule Corbyn, but now has no words for the victims of this ghastly tragedy.

She held hands with Trump, but extended none to the Grenfell residents in their shock and grief.

Politics aside - if she cannot do the job of our 'premier citizen' and show empathy, understanding and give reassurance of speedy effective action, she must find the humility to stand aside. The sooner the better.

Her distance from the people is contemptuous and I fear to imagine what the consequences of this dispassionate response might be further down the line.

Imbeingunreasonable · 16/06/2017 23:42

She made her bed, she should lie in it. I feel sorry for everyone she has let down or failed through her austerity measures. I feel sorry for the kids who suffered abuse and she conveniently 'lost' the paedopfile records. I feel sorry for the understaffed, underpaid NHS workers who have had an insulting 1% pay rise despite increasing demands, cuts and A&E closures to deal with. I feel sorry for the people who lost their lives and the families who are left to pick up the pieces after she made cuts to national security and cuts to police services and allowed terrorists to commit the heinous crimes we have witnessed lately. I feel sorry for the victims of the Grenfell tower incident after repeated failures within the system to put preventive measures in place. I feel sorry for people who have been forced in to zero hour contracts because there is very little else going for them.

I do not feel sorry for someone who has lived a privileged life who in turn refuses to empathise with the human condition. I do not feel sorry for the woman who set out to remain in power at any and all costs and brought this whole shambolic chaos on herself because she took the electorate, the people she is obligated to serve and protect forgranted.

MaudGonneMad · 16/06/2017 23:43

That's to do with post Brexit trade deals, scaryteacher. Not addressing Brexit itself. It's bloody incompetent, whatever side of Leave/Remain you were on.

MonkeylovesRobot · 16/06/2017 23:45

I feel sorry for her too.

Oakmaiden · 16/06/2017 23:45

"Won" is right because the Conservatives are the party who are in power as the government.

It would be nice to think that is true. But it rather feels we are aboard a rudderless ship at the moment, with May claiming to be Captain but making no effort to actually to find enough crew or to even take the helm. I don't actually believe we HAVE a functioning government at the moment. And that is ENTIRELY May's fault.

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thegoodnameshadgone · 16/06/2017 23:46

Sara107
Everything that you have said. I raised this thread. You are far more eloquent x

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MeganBacon · 16/06/2017 23:48

i feel sorry for her too. shit job she has and luck is not on her side.

time4chocolate · 16/06/2017 23:50

Valentine - have you been on the momentum website? I was most impressed with the t-shirts they had for sale in their shop Hmm. That counts as adoration in my book - very odd.

woman12345 · 16/06/2017 23:51

I blame Arron Banks and those paid to post nonsense.

Meanwhile several hundred British people have been burned alive 48 hours ago, and May has been unable to organise an emergency response team.

Tapandgo · 16/06/2017 23:53

Cameron in his Big Society speech said; "There are the things you do because it is your duty...........But there are the things you do because it's your passion"
May has shown herself incapable of fulfilling her duty to the people she is supposed to serve, and shown she has no passion for it either.

Cameron and May - people for whom words and other people's lives are too cheap.

needsahalo · 16/06/2017 23:55

stirring up hatred for rich people, because lets face it they're to blame for EVERYTHING aren't they? the hardworking cunts!

Because no one that lived in that tower block worked, let alone worked hard, did they? No one from the so-called 'Working classes' ever works hard.

Confused
Jesus fucking wept.

Pardalis · 16/06/2017 23:57

We've gone through years of a large proportion of the general public being disengaged with politics and the turnout during elections has proven this.
The voting system has given little incentive to vote and people get confused about how it works. The EU referendum was the first real opportunity for simple voting - yes or no. And gave people the opportunity to vote in a simple manner without having to worry about a majority win, or thinking about the actual person who is representing them.
Unfortunately, the Brexit campaign was poorly represented on all sides. And really it was unfair to ask the public to vote for something that would take too long and would be too convoluted to explain.
It turned into a shitty irrelevant debate on migration with a lot of hyping up and failed to address the consequences of leaving the EU. The remain campaign performed badly and tried to scaremonger without facts. The leave campaign tapped into people's ignorance of what membership of the EU actually means.

At the end of all this we have a nation all of a sudden tuned into politics. But due to the years of apathy, some don't have the understanding and the historical knowledge. It's brilliant that everyone wants to have a say and wants to be involved. But it's like the Titanic. Start to move quickly and you'll still hit that iceberg. Have the knowledge to move earlier and you'll be clear

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thegoodnameshadgone · 16/06/2017 23:59

Let's be fair. The last six weeks.
Could you deal with it. At that level? I couldn't. You will always piss someone off.

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KidLorneRoll · 16/06/2017 23:59

Nobody won the election, for a start.

Secondly, she clearly does not give a tiny fuck about the uk. Like the rest of her ilk, it's all a little game and nothing more. 3 days it took to take time out of ripping the country apart for her to pledge a measley 5 mil. The fucking bar at the houses of parliament costs more than that in A. Fucking. Year.

Tapandgo · 17/06/2017 00:02

Could you deal with it

No - but not arrogant enough to think I could, or to keep trying when I obviously couldn't.

Highalert · 17/06/2017 00:03

Hahaha at all rich people being hardworking.

I'd hazard a guess that the people in that tower block worked a damn site harder for fuck all.

Tapandgo · 17/06/2017 00:03

.......and, wouldn't have made 'fox hunting' one of my primary concerns if I was!

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thegoodnameshadgone · 17/06/2017 00:05

Kidlornrol
Can you explain that to me please

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LuchiMangsho · 17/06/2017 00:05

It doesn't matter whether you or I could deal with it. We didn't chose to become PM. And call an unnecessary election. With great power comes great responsibility...and all that.
She is the leader of a country with nuclear weapons. She had better be up to the job.

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