To feel sorry for Theresa May?

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I'm a die hard labour corbynite but I do feel sorry for Mrs May she's had a bad run of it. AIBU

I agree with PP who said she wouldn't have got this much criticism if she'd been a bloke.

I reserve my hatred for Cameron, who did the dirty and fucked off so fast we couldn't see him for dust. He's the one who should have stayed and sorted the shit he started.

Yabu she's a twat

I absolutely feel sorry for May. Blame the collective party (the Tories) not just her. She is only the figurehead of the party. Blame the people who voted the Tories in the Gen Elec who are plunging us further and further into poverty. Blame the Great British public for voting to leave the EU which has resulted in this horrific BREXIT mess and blame David Cameron for foolishly allowing the public the vote, for being too pig headed to realise the climate in which the vote was operating - disillusionment of the people led to a protest vote.

The woman has been under immense stress and pressure and was given a really shit job: to democratically deliver something shit that the British public voted they wanted.

Has May been a wonderful PM? Well no, of course not but the way she’s been pilloried by the public is vile imo.

Ugh, I am politically against most of what she stands for and her record as foreign secretary was disgusting, and overall I despise the woman, but I actually felt sympathy for her today - momentarily then snapped out of it. This woman has caused many families grief as foreign secretary and as PM. She is incompetent and will not be missed. I dread to think what's next..

YABVVVVVVVU.

I feel bad for the Windrush generation and people who cannot reunite with their families because of the immigration policies that she is directly responsible for.

I totally agree with the OP. I feel sorry for her too. I truly think she did believe that stupid EU deal was best for the UK but she was wrong and bloody obstinate. I'm not sure anyone could have handled Brexit any better (or any worse) because of the discrepancy between 75% of parliament being remainers and 52% of the population being leavers.

She has been strong and resilient in the face of all the problems that have occurred/ arisen during her premiership. This is needed when having to deal with other errant nations (Skripal poisoning and Russians for example). I do believe she is very genuine in her intent and she has exercised great dignity especially in the last few weeks.

I know £150k is a lot of money to most of us but there are lots of people on more money in this country who have far easier jobs with less responsibility than the PM. (Chief Exec of British gas on £2.4m last year). The job of the PM isn't a normal job, their job is actually their whole life and all-consuming. I don't believe anyone goes up for the job of PM unless they really believe they can help better the lives of the population. There's no glory in slogging in such a stressful job and aging prematurely.

I wouldn't even feel sorry for her if I bumped into her at a food bank where she was complaining about how long it was taking for her and Pip's UC claim to come through.

Yanbu

I don’t agree with many of her policies but the role of PM during Brexit will always be a constant battle within their own party

She has worked incredibly hard the pressure has been relentless

As for Corbyn he can’t even be arsed to bother to turn up to the Brexit meetings

I wonder if those who feel she was treated appallingly by fellow Tories will vote Tory next time - a party full of ‘appalling people’ as they see it.
(Can’t see how anybody imagines a Tory MP to do anything other than behave appallingly!)

Nope, don’t feel sorry for her.

There was an interesting article by Matthew Parris in The Times a few months ago. By all accounts she's a complete nightmare to work with - she doesn't listen to people, rude and incredibly obstinate. Bearing in mind that he's a Conservative and knows people on the inside track, and also bearing in mind what we see of her behaviour from the outside, it all appeared very credible. Part of her trouble has always been that she took Ken Clarke's description of her as a bloody difficult woman as some sort of encomium and guideline for the future.

She was never going to succeed as a Prime Minister and she should have followed normal constitutional practice and resigned months ago when she was first defeated in Parliament. Indeed, she should have resigned after the General Election which was a disaster for her party for which she was fully responsible.

So I'm not feeling sorry for her. Her stupidity and obstinacy has caused the country untold damage, and I will reserve my pity for those whose lives have been irretrievably buggered up as a result.

She never stood a chance , I don’t think anyone would’ve got through Brexit unscathed and in a good light.
I feel for her

@stone - no, I won’t! I can be a staunch socialist but still have sympathy for a human being irrespective of their political persuasion

On a human level I feel sorry for anyone who cries because she evidently doesn't see the destruction her party's atrocious policies have caused. If you take politics out of it, the fact she was never able to have children, I would imagine makes her feel like she has missed out on a great deal. As a fellow woman I feel that's sad. Having said that, she is shedding a tear for herself where she wasn't able to shed a tear for the victims of Grenfell, or have regard for the people affected by Windrush, the countless people who have died as a direct result of welfare reform and children who live in extreme poverty because of policies she has condoned so it's hard to have more than a tiny bit of sympathy for her.

I'm a die hard Corbynista too and I despise everything the Tories have done. However on a human level I feel sorry for her. I do think she tried very hard to sort the Brexit mess out. Her entire premiership was just a long series of humiliations.

Despite all the shitty Tory stuff (listed in PPs), I think she genuinely has tried to deliver Brexit, with no substantial support from anywhere. On that basis (not really any other) I do have a little bit of sympathy for her. I await the arrival of the next Tory leader with a mix of interest (will they succeed where she failed - is that possible?) and dread.

I am usually sympathetic but I don't feel sorry for her right now. There was not one tear for Grenfell deaths, windrush people sent home to die alone, the disabled, people turning to prostitution because of universal credit but she cries for herself.
I see that as the ultimate insult. I've voted for the conservative party in the past but will not be touching them with a 10 foot bargepole after the last couple of years.
She just kept trotting out the same Brexit deal ignoring everybody else and not listening or caring about anyone elses opinion and has zero charisma.
I'd like to be shot of the lot of them.

At the Home Office she decided to target the families of ordinary British citizens to bring immigration figures down

Tens of thousands of spouses and children of UK citizens excluded from Britain by requirements that would be impossible for ordinary people to meet without lengthy separations

Absolutely inhumane and unconscionable

No. I feel a little empathy but then I consider what she's done to so many and think she must have been expecting it. She's a Conservative. They eat their own if they have to.

Sorry but based on some of the decisions she's made over the last few years I find it very difficult to feel sorry for her. Save your pity for her victims.