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She appears to be standing for the head of the Labour Party too...
wouldnt be a bad idea, a prime minister looking out for the good of the country, instead of looking out for themselves and their friends.
likes cycling does she?
a prime minister looking out for the good of the country
And the rights of the people that live and work in that country? Rather than opposing most of them?
She was far more "pro rights" than Ledsome - supported maternity rights, gay marriage etc.
Sad day when May is the lesser of the evils....
A prime minister looking out for the good of the country??! Hahahahaha. Well that is just not gonna happen at all.
obviously. but it would be a good idea...like i said
another tory toff with no clue about anything outside london. wants a police state and has a dubious gay rights voting record
...and open access for cyclists...?
didn't realize she was married to Arthur Askey 😕 😯
Trouble is they all make the right noises then do the opposite. A bit like the public they represent eh!
There are a few of us who have been saying for some time that the Tories will move to capture the middle ground which has been vacated by Labour and the demise of the LibDems.
The likely composition of the Cabinet with respect to the portion of women will further embarrass Labour.
Congratulations Maggie! oops I mean May 😉
I am quite looking forward to seeing what she does. I have faith and I think she might do some good.
It was a good speech, plenty for all sides in it.
However, as with all politicians it's not what they say they'll do, it's what they actually do.
Congratulations Maggie! oops I mean May
Makes you think...
another tory toff with no clue about anything outside london.
An Anglican vicars daughter who spent twenty years in banking?
The standards of silver-spoondom appear to have slipped somewhat..
Reminded me of Thatchers opening gambit - "Where there is discord, may we bring harmony. Where there is error, may we bring truth. Where there is doubt, may we bring faith. And where there is despair, may we bring hope"
Well I'm still waiting for ...... Oh yes Harmony, truth, faith and hope!
MoreCashThanDash - Member
She was far more "pro rights" than Ledsome - supported maternity rights, gay marriage etc.
Indeed, very pro rights. Wasn't she the one who supported allowing paedophiles to adopt?
the Tories will move to capture the middle ground
True but they wil do it by simply posturing rather than by actually moving.
I imagine it will be fairly successful with their media friends in tow, Labour self destructing and the public's penchant for empty rhetoric that will never be delivered on.
Boris Johnson as foreign secretary? I know we want to leave the EU, but piss on the rug on the way out?
Anyone else just got the email? A new party name!
Like this. Unusually funny for the Metro:
http://metro.co.uk/2016/07/13/theresa-mays-husband-steals-the-show-by-pouring-his-generous-curves-into-a-sexy-navy-suit-6005294/
Good satire 😆
Theresa May & Philip John - do these people not know the tradition of having surnames?
That bit about clamping down on tax avoidance by big companies - she may need to start by talking to her husband (allegedly)
@igm that story about her husband was scandalous - the "accusation" is that his firm invests in Amazon, Google and Starbucks. If that's tax avoidance we are all guilty for shopping / using these services
jambalaya - MemberThe likely composition of the Cabinet with respect to the proportion of women will further embarrass Labour.
Probably the least of their worries for the foreseeable future, until such time as they decide to become electable again.
Jamba - It's robust on day one agreed, but it's a fair story if she is going to preach the line on tax that she has today. Perhaps a little inexperience showing - or hypocrisy on the Mays' part. That said no one is saying he is avoiding tax, and it is up to her to set the rules to properly tax these companies (if she actually means it) rather than crying at them like the previous Tory government.
She's stepped into a high focus job, she should expect people to examine her words and actions very carefully (and those of those around her - wasn't it dear old Denis who was an arms dealer?)
PS I do occasionally use Starbucks and i find it difficult to avoid the Google search engine, but I try never to use Amazon mainly because I have found them a shocking company to deal with
Thatchers son allegedly full on crook imho ...
As may have seen from my posting history I would very much like to see these companies dealt with, Apple are shocking too
Edited 😉
Arguably
Great reaction from Albatross to the BoJo announcement:
https://amp.twimg.com/v/cb7cf4ab-5a04-4941-b7dc-e59869efa8a6
It's neither a fair not a scandalous story. It's a non story and very poorly written and badly argued. But given that it started by describing Capital Group as a little known investment company in the first few words, it was obviously not a serious piece of journalism.
No wonder the independent struggled.
Actions speak louder than words, or at least they used to before journalists stopped doing research and started concentrating on presenting. Anyway... the civil service is about to be tied up with Brexit related work for the next decade so unless there is an expansion of the public sector, making real changes is going to be very difficult.
Well the middle ground is there to be won and that's what in reality delivers a government. I don't think either May or Cameron lost any sleep over those who in reality wouldn't piss on a tory if they were on fire.
another tory toff with no clue about anything outside london.
An Anglican vicars daughter who spent twenty years in banking?The standards of silver-spoondom appear to have slipped somewhat..
The tory toff line really says more about you than them doesn't it. It's an equal opportunities world 😉
The tory toff line really says more about you than them doesn't it. It's an equal opportunities world
Great, sorted.
The standards of silver-spoondom appear to have slipped somewhat..
I said toff not rich, my PhD supervisor's parents where farmers but he is most certainly a toff
Toff is aristocracy or landed gentry. May is neither. She's a middle class vicar's daughter who went to Oxford University.
Boris is a toff, I'll give you that. He's descended from royalty.
Well to be fair to Theresa May (I always hear OMD singing Enola Gay, but that's my problem) she has lifted the world's collective post-Brexit gloom with that appointment of American born Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson as Foreign Secretary.
All over the world they're all laughing now
Apparently...
Daily Mirror so treat with caution.'I'm so sorry': Boris Johnson's first words as he leaves to start work as Foreign Secretary
andyl - MemberI am quite looking forward to seeing what she does. I have faith
Bless.
GrahamS - MemberLike this. Unusually funny for the Metro:
http://metro.co.uk/2016/07/13/theresa-mays-husband-steals-the-show-by-pouring-his-generous-curves-into-a-sexy-navy-suit-6005294/
Very good.
I particularly enjoyed the outraged comments from the people who didn't get it 😀
Hadn't realised that Davies was the Whip that pushed the Maastricht vote through parliament.
Interesting for a Euroseptic
If she manages half of what she said she wants to achieve in her speech, she'll go down as perhaps the greatest leader we have ever had.
May and Hammond now in government. Clarkson unavailable so the part of the middle aged overweight loud mouth fool will have to be played by someone else.
(Not mine, but I liked it)
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So far, I'm quite impressed by how she's doing things. Bar Boris, sensible appointments in the cabinet, she's sacked Gove and her way with words seems reassuring. A solid start so far.
Boris is an inspired appointment. By giving him the most senior job she could (Chancellor had to be Hammond) she is positioning him as a future Leader of the Conservatives. He is very popular in the party and with voters.
My wife's an immigrant from outside the EU and so we've spent the last five years battling against her draconian immigration laws which are in breach of the ECHR. As you can imagine I'm pretty scared for what her leadership will bring, I suspect leaving the ECHR and a general trampling of the vulnerable.
Boris is an inspired appointment.
As a friend on Facebook put it:
[i]"Making Boris Johnson the Foreign Secretary is like putting Prince Philip in charge of ordering a takeaway."[/i] 😆
Boris is an inspired choice.
Whatever Theresa does she'll look good compared to him.
Boris is an inspired appointment. By giving him the most senior job she could (Chancellor had to be Hammond) she is positioning him as a future Leader of the Conservatives. He is very popular in the party and with voters
She has set him up to fail as he has t lead the negotiations with the EU
Essentially its the highest profile job where if he ****s it up it has no impact on the country or the Tory party. He fails and he is harmed not May. Its political genius and Boris s to arrogant to see the trap he just jumped into
Check out the reaction from our partners/the people he will have to work with. The American state department spokesperson basically laughed as one indication
You have to be pretty pissed to think Booris has the diplomacy for this role
Only Sir les Patterson would be worse
As for popular then one has to ask why he did not eve stand for leadership if he is "so popular"
One day facts and your vew will meet but ita not today as they are , as usual, oposites
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She has set him up to fail as he has t lead the negotiations with the EU
Really? You don't think that that falls under the remit of the 'secretary of state for exiting the European Union' then?
And another one.
May wrote F.Off next to Boris Johnson's name but a civil servant thought she meant Foreign Office
Ninfan - interesting one that. As Salmond was asking do Fox and Davies report to Johnson or May? I'd assumed May, but not necessarily.
He's just the government guy going around waving the Union Jack. As noted previously not too unlike his London Mayor role. At least he is positive about the UK.
The American state department spokesperson basically laughed as one indication
The boot will be on the other foot when Trump is president 😉 😯
Of course if BoJo messes up all the trade deals, we probably [u]can't[/u] leave the EU.
Sacked Gove - that's a significant number of credit points in the bank for the majority of the country to extend her honeymoon period.
Turns out the odious little prick didn't play his cards too well in the end. Anyone who has had anything to do with education during or since his time as education secretary should be entitled to giving him a kick in the nads as he heads for the door marked obscurity.
No love lost for Morgan either so an A double plus from me so far.
I wonder how the conversations with BoJo and Fox went - you created this mess now you are going to have to clean it up or I'll make you look like a couple of prize pricks.
May and Hammond now in government. Clarkson unavailable so the part of the middle aged overweight loud mouth fool will have to be played by someone else.
We do have a massive Johnson in charge of insulting foreigners - so the Clarkson position is also filled.
I wonder how the conversations with BoJo and Fox went - you created this mess now you are going to have to clean it up or I'll make you look like a couple of prize pricks
I truly hope she did, as that is exactly the conversation that needed to be had.
I think with Boris it's keep your friends close and your enemies closer still!
It's not so much Boris as Foreign Secretary that frightens me as much as what is going to be going on whilst everyone is distracted talking about Boris.
Boris can go on a series of 'gaffe' filled trips, giving headline writers enough material whilst the dismantling of our rights and other evil things go on in the background. Once that is finished he will get his jotters.
TBH Bojo is in my fantasy Tory FS top three, tragic isn't it! It goes Prince Philip, the late Bernard Manning then good old Bojo. Hey maybe he gets to be Chancellor at the pre-election reshuffle, fingers crossed 😆
I can't wait for the tomfoolery to begin, anyone for a game of Wiff Waff?
He beat Chubby Brown for that illustrious third place, just so you know.
mikewsmith - MemberWell the middle ground is there to be won and that's what in reality delivers a government.
Being seen to be in the middle ground delivers a government. Which is why so much effort was put into claiming Miliband was a loonie lefty in thrall to the SNP. Meanwhile Cameron's government lurched to the right, while being trumpeted as having moved to the centre.
Unfortunately perception seems to be all that matters, and in that fight the winner will be the best liars, with the best media liars on their side.