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To think we need a General Election asap

309 replies

millymollymandy46 · 04/12/2017 20:15

Surely now is the time for a vote of utter no confidence in Theresa May. AIBU to think she and those around her are utterly incompetent and making Britain a laughing stock around the globe?

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GardenGeek · 04/12/2017 20:52

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Adviceneededhelp · 04/12/2017 20:53

We need a complete overhaul of parliament. For MPs to think that sharing their usernames and passwords to their computers is completely OK just shows how stupid the entire lot of them are.

It would never happen of course, but it would be nice to have an MP with some bloody common sense. We are a laughing stock to the entire world.

makeourfuture · 04/12/2017 20:54

Brexit is idiocy.

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millymollymandy46 · 04/12/2017 21:09

TabbyMumz - to be fair to you - yes, I didn't want her in the first place (wrong party anyway, her record as Home Secretary and I didn't see how a Remainer could, in all conscience, deliver Brexit when she didn't think it a good idea). And yes - it is very annoying when people sign up for a democratic vote and then complain about the result. But ...leaving the EU is such a huge deal with such huge consequences I do feel that going ahead with it, based on an advisory referendum which was so close and where it appears to be acknowledged there were misleading arguments (ie the £350 million figure) is a huge mistake. It has and will continue to have huge consequences - for the economy, agriculture, education, the NHS, academic research etc etc. I wonder just how much we will need to spend on lawyers' fees alone to negotiate a situation for the UK worse than one it had.
And all this time and money is time and money not spent on education, health, housing, human trafficking etc etc.
I just feel that we do not have the most able people in the room leading the UK on this.
How can Theresa May go into EU discussions when she hasn't even squared her own team (ie the DUP)? I could go on. AIBU to think someone so ill prepared for such an important meeting is not fit to be our PM?

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makeourfuture · 04/12/2017 21:13

Do the DUP call the shots now?

Apparently they do.

exLtEveDallas · 04/12/2017 21:17

Fuck no. There’s no-one to vote for. Not a single party left with any hope of running the country without fucking it up.

ForalltheSaints · 04/12/2017 21:59

I don't want a GE, just a vote on the deal with the EU. We will get a better one on offer if it has to win the support of a referendum.

scrabbler3 · 04/12/2017 22:08

Laura Kkunssberg tweeted earlier that MPs had been told to prepare for a big announcement from May tomorrow but it that subsequently it had been cancelled. Lots of speculation - was it Brexit, was she planning to quit etc etc.

BMW6 · 04/12/2017 23:20

Fuck no.
When you are going through hell keep going.

Imaystillbedrunk · 04/12/2017 23:26

A GE costs about £130million to run. £90mil in staff costs and venue higher alone. Conservatives will still win (as there is no viable alternative).

It's up to her own party to kick her out but no one wants to be the PM who delivers brexit. I still fear that if she quits that bafoon will get the job

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 04/12/2017 23:28

What for for those cretins to get back in. For reasons I'll never fathom in a million years. The British public seem to adore the Tories. Well they're always getting voted in

rainbowduck · 04/12/2017 23:34

As long as she keeps the idiot BJ out...

plus, who else would really want that job? I wouldn't want to be associated with Brexit at all.

I honestly wish someone would just be honest with the public, like the Swiss did when, after their referendum, they tried to find a workable solution but realised that you can't have access to single market AND limit movement. And no access to the single market is economic suicide. So, the government told the people that it couldn't be done.

Neolara · 04/12/2017 23:38

Do you really think corbyn, Mcdonald and Abbot would do a better job with Brexit? I imagine Labour is pretty desperate not to be elected to power at this point.. Its an impossibly difficult situation to navigate.

HolidayHelpPlease · 05/12/2017 06:27

Do you have ANY idea how much elections cost? Even just local ones, not even generals?
YABVU

StealthPolarBear · 05/12/2017 06:30

Did anyone predict the Irish border issue?i argued against a brexit revote after the fact saying democracy had served its ugly purpose but I think tyre Ireland issue just shows that we didn't know what we were getting ourselves into. No on wants a return to troubles. I do think this is justification for a revote on brexit.

ImListening · 05/12/2017 06:35

As much as I dislike May I have a feeling she will stay purely to keep the twat Johnson out. She’s a remainer.

raisinsarenottheonlyfruit · 05/12/2017 06:37

Did anyone predict the Irish border issue?

Yes, plenty of people predicted the Irish border issue. It was obvious this was going to be a huge problem. It wasn't debated because this was an election. Run totally on sound bites, a pack of lies and the stirring up of racial tension.

OP yes we need an election ASAP to get this lot out of power. Brexit is a disaster. They have no plan.

We need to stop going on about "the public had their say" and do what we can to protect future generations from this mindless destruction before It's too late.

LizzieSiddal · 05/12/2017 06:44

Did anyone predict the Irish border issue?

Have you been asleep for the past 18 months? It was talked about during the election along with “the Brexiteers are wanting to have their cake and to eat it. The EU will laugh in our faces”
Which is exactly what’s happening.

DeadButDelicious · 05/12/2017 07:01

* No, we need Theresa May and the Tories to stay on and own the shower of shit that is Brexit. So that they will be unelectable for decades.*

^That.

It's going to happen. And it's going to be a shit show, whoever delivers it. Especially for whoever touches it last.

(I'm a Labour voting, remainer, who's quite keen on that nice Mr Corbyn, leftie liberal type.Smile)

makeourfuture · 05/12/2017 07:10

Didn't May check with the DUP before? Was she hoping they wouldn't notice?

Or was it a backstab?

StealthPolarBear · 05/12/2017 07:12

OK thanks raisin. It wasn't mentioned at all by the remain side iirc. I had no idea

Glumglowworm · 05/12/2017 07:15

Anyone with the slightest knowledge of Irish and Northern Irish History could’ve predicted that this would happen

People did predict this but were shouted down as “project fear”. Funny how so many leavers are now asking why nobody predicted stuff

Topseyt · 05/12/2017 07:42

Yes, the Irish border issue was predicted. I remember it. Those who did point it out were branded scaremongers though and dismissed.

Topseyt · 05/12/2017 07:46

It also looks as though May checked nothing with the DUP before heading to Brussels yesterday.

She probably hoped to just sneak it all through, and now she has egg on her face. Serves her bloody well right.

makeourfuture · 05/12/2017 07:50

Well there are several issues here. The very real problem of the border. And that our leader can be called back in the middle of international negotiations.

And what promises are being made this morning? Shouldn't we know what is going on?

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