Mrs May should announce that all local authority tower blocks will be reclad and fitted with external fire escape towers, or redeveloped to new designs.
Even though people's lives are paramount, that does sound too kneejerk. Certainly I expect the blocks with the same cladding will have it removed before the end of this year, but external escape towers? No chance. I think the money will go into a review of the compartmentalisation and integrity of every block. By all accounts, if this fire had broken out in Grenfell 5 years ago, the result would've been very different. The fire would've been largely contained, it would've spread slowly, and people would've had the ability and time to get out down the stairs or be rescued.
It's when, not if. May is finished. So who? Boris is immensely popular among Tories but he is also very polarising. What votes would he win back that May lost?
The priority now is not to win votes, but to get a functioning government again which won't make blunder after blunder.
Then it has to be Hammond.
Hammond's last budget was a disaster...
It became a disaster when May got spooked by negative headlines in the right wing press.
It's when, not if. May is finished. So who? Boris is immensely popular among Tories but he is also very polarising. What votes would he win back that May lost?
It's up to Conservative MPs first and Party members second. These are the people who thought Theresa May was doing a WONDERFUL job on Brexit, God help us, but were miffed she didn't get the landslide. I don't hold out much hope that wise counsel will prevail.
I know it sounds weird but this seems more normal. The Tories in power andhated by everyone and Labour loved because they're warm and fluffy.
Just look at the drop.
The scales have dropped from the publics eyes. And, she is personally taking the blame for the current impasse. Rightly so. If the Tories have even a flake of backbone they will tell her she is gone this week and that she will stay as PM until her successor is appointed. And do as she is told by the party. The candidates must make clear if they will seek a mandate from the electorate, and when and the party machinery should be turned full square on Corbyn and the Labour leadership. I expect them to do none of this. Because they are useless and entitled. They will be destroyed in the next election and they have nobody but themselves to blame.
So your suggestion is May stays as caretaker, the Tories have a leadership election and then go to the country for another GE. That would take 3 months I guess. What happens to the Brexit negotiations and the ticking clock in the meantime?
I'm not sure. I'm not sure what happens to it if they don't take that course. I'd assume David Davis goes into negotiations and is replaced if the Tories lose the ensuing GE by a Labour delegation. There's not really any other option.
The Tories have no right to seek a fresh general election.
Just for interest, but gossip and Guido are now suggesting a snap election for July 10th. Seems the negotiations with the DUP fell through and May used yesterday's tragedy to cover it up.
July 10th is a Monday, seems a bit odd.
That's the date by which CCHQ has said candidates should apply. Would mean an August election possibly.
When we're all on holiday.
OK, September then, but that's conference season. October it is
Mrs May should announce that all local authority tower blocks will be reclad and fitted with external fire escape towers, or redeveloped to new designs.
At the risk of sounding like a heartless bastard. How much would that cost?
The answer is yes, it should probably happen, but it'll take many many years to get that done, and cost a heck of a lot.
Fires of this magnitude are very rare, surely the best, boring course of action is to have an investigation, find out exactly what happened, and then reasonable costed recommendations from there.
I saw a figure of £10m a block for the cladding alone, let alone retrofitting sprinklers through concrete and steel. In many cases the only economically sensible solution is to demolish the bloc. Not necessarily a bad thing all round to be honest.
It's when, not if. May is finished. So who? Boris is immensely popular among Tories but he is also very polarising. What votes would he win back that May lost?
It's up to Conservative MPs first and Party members second. These are the people who thought Theresa May was doing a WONDERFUL job on Brexit, God help us, but were miffed she didn't get the landslide. I don't hold out much hope that wise counsel will prevail.
I know it sounds weird but this seems more normal. The Tories in power andhated by everyone and Labour loved because they're warm and fluffy.
Tories need to move fast here because if Corbyn becoming PM stops being this outrageous idea and starts being a normal and almost obvious choice, they are gone.
When the GE was called and some of the PB Tories were drooling over their 150 majority and speculating over which Labour MPs would be ousted and whether Labour could go below 20% of the vote, the only consolation for us lefties was that hubris rarely ends well. However I doubt any of us thought that retribution would be so swift.
At the risk of sounding gauche, I will point out again that I did say that Theresa May's apparently sky-high approval ratings flattered to deceive.
A few of us feel vindicated on that - if on little else that has happened over the last week.
I owe you an apology.
For weeks (prior to Dementia tax) you ran the May is deeply mediocre line on here. I thought it was just a partisan attack line. And, perhaps, at the time it was.
Just for interest, but gossip and Guido are now suggesting a snap election for July 10th. Seems the negotiations with the DUP fell through and May used yesterday's tragedy to cover it up.
July 10th is a Monday, seems a bit odd.
That's the date by which CCHQ has said candidates should apply. Would mean an August election possibly.
Snap election for what???
Someone else had speculated about it. I was looking at the dates mentioned.
That's what I thought, mistakenly as it turned out. Saying foreigners not welcome is an effective way to reduce immigration. It's not "control" of any sensible kind, nor is it a sign of an open and civilised Britain that I would want to be a part of. But it does get the numbers down, which is all that May et al care about.
The large decline in the value of the pound after the Brexit vote is thought to have had an effect, making wages earned in GBP less attractive for East Europeans wanting to send money home.
@WillJPatterson: Mutterings abound that senior LibDems are to meet with Theresa May. It can't be what it looks like... Can it?!
I'm sure the Lib Dems would listen to her proposal politely and then decline. But what does this say about the deal with DUP? Did Theresa pull the plug on it?
Mrs May should announce that all local authority tower blocks will be reclad and fitted with external fire escape towers, or redeveloped to new designs.
At the risk of sounding like a heartless bastard. How much would that cost?
The answer is yes, it should probably happen, but it'll take many many years to get that done, and cost a heck of a lot.
Fires of this magnitude are very rare, surely the best, boring course of action is to have an investigation, find out exactly what happened, and then reasonable costed recommendations from there.
I saw a figure of £10m a block for the cladding alone, let alone retrofitting sprinklers through concrete and steel. In many cases the only economically sensible solution is to demolish the bloc. Not necessarily a bad thing all round to be honest.
It's time to bollox 5% of the greenbelt and newbuild a couple of million new townhouses.
@WillJPatterson: Mutterings abound that senior LibDems are to meet with Theresa May. It can't be what it looks like... Can it?!
The chief impediment may have been removed last night.
Remember, the Lib Dems only need to abstain in votes for the Conservatives to have a majority. Presentationally, that might be very convenient for them.
25 working days is required as a minimum between dissolution and a general election. So I make the earliest Thursday for a General Election is July 27 (dissolution of parliament start of next week).
If you wait until after the vote on the Queen's Speech then you are into August.
@WillJPatterson: Mutterings abound that senior LibDems are to meet with Theresa May. It can't be what it looks like... Can it?!
The chief impediment may have been removed last night.
Remember, the Lib Dems only need to abstain in votes for the Conservatives to have a majority. Presentationally, that might be very convenient for them.
I think May was there to take the blame for the EU/UK citizens deal and the £40bn exit payment, prior to the real talks starting in late Autumn, whilst a new leadership election took place, but I can't see how she lasts now.
Just for interest, but gossip and Guido are now suggesting a snap election for July 10th. Seems the negotiations with the DUP fell through and May used yesterday's tragedy to cover it up.
July 10th is a Monday, seems a bit odd.
I know, I only reported it as gossip, but pesky students on holidays - too much of a temptation? And the Tories still, reputedly, have a massive cash pile to splurge.
As head of the provisional wing of the continuity Cameron army, I'm feeling vindicated.
As a Tory, I'm utterly devastated at the situation the party (and the country) finds itself in today.
I am not a Tory and I have been called traitor more than once, but I too am actually devastated by what is happening to the UK. I always regarded this place as one of the finest places in the world - beautiful, tolerant, advanced and leading the way forward.
Now it is seems to be a divided society in so many different ways. I know the Brexiteers bang on about being more outward facing post-Brexit but right now the country seems more inward looking than ever.
Mrs May should announce that all local authority tower blocks will be reclad and fitted with external fire escape towers, or redeveloped to new designs.
At the risk of sounding like a heartless bastard. How much would that cost?
The answer is yes, it should probably happen, but it'll take many many years to get that done, and cost a heck of a lot.
Fires of this magnitude are very rare, surely the best, boring course of action is to have an investigation, find out exactly what happened, and then reasonable costed recommendations from there.
I saw a figure of £10m a block for the cladding alone, let alone retrofitting sprinklers through concrete and steel. In many cases the only economically sensible solution is to demolish the bloc. Not necessarily a bad thing all round to be honest.
It's time to bollox 5% of the greenbelt and newbuild a couple of million new townhouses.
Supposing the occupants of these demolished tower blocks want to carry on living where the tower blocks are
Corbyn isn't doing it for the optics. He just quite simply cares. Which is precisely why the optics are great for him.
Nah. He cares about his ideology. Individuals are expendable for the greater good in pursuing Marxist ideology. Hence the "red flag" with the blood of the martyred dead.
I'm as concerned about Corbyn as you. But I can see how this all looks to the wider public - not good, not good at all for the Tories.
The 42% who voted Tory will not be swayed by a stage managed Corbyn photo op not that there is likely to be another election for yeats now anyway despite Corbyn's bleating
Jesus, open your eyes.
He's so blinkered. Also he doesn't understand how FPTP works.
Mrs May should announce that all local authority tower blocks will be reclad and fitted with external fire escape towers, or redeveloped to new designs.
At the risk of sounding like a heartless bastard. How much would that cost?
The answer is yes, it should probably happen, but it'll take many many years to get that done, and cost a heck of a lot.
Fires of this magnitude are very rare, surely the best, boring course of action is to have an investigation, find out exactly what happened, and then reasonable costed recommendations from there.
I saw a figure of £10m a block for the cladding alone, let alone retrofitting sprinklers through concrete and steel. In many cases the only economically sensible solution is to demolish the bloc. Not necessarily a bad thing all round to be honest.
It's time to bollox 5% of the greenbelt and newbuild a couple of million new townhouses.
Agreed. Would be a good time for such investment too. I am getting increasingly concerned about my GDP bet with Robert. The Tories seem determined to make me lose!
25 working days is required as a minimum between dissolution and a general election. So I make the earliest Thursday for a General Election is July 27 (dissolution of parliament start of next week).
If you wait until after the vote on the Queen's Speech then you are into August.
July 27 is already in the school holidays and a large proportion of thecountry will be away.
Most boroughs break up around 20 July this year. No way IMO a general election can be held during the summer break. I make 14 September the first viable date and even then a lot of people (without school age children) will still be away.
@WillJPatterson: Mutterings abound that senior LibDems are to meet with Theresa May. It can't be what it looks like... Can it?!
The chief impediment may have been removed last night.
Remember, the Lib Dems only need to abstain in votes for the Conservatives to have a majority. Presentationally, that might be very convenient for them.
I don't see how a Lib Dem deal works with their stance on Brexit.
I know it sounds weird but this seems more normal. The Tories in power andhated by everyone and Labour loved because they're warm and fluffy.
Tories need to move fast here because if Corbyn becoming PM stops being this outrageous idea and starts being a normal and almost obvious choice, they are gone.
Too late, I'm afraid.
I assume you'll be targetting Wimbledon ?
At this rate they really will be lucky to hold Chelsea and Fulham.
@WillJPatterson: Mutterings abound that senior LibDems are to meet with Theresa May. It can't be what it looks like... Can it?!
The chief impediment may have been removed last night.
Remember, the Lib Dems only need to abstain in votes for the Conservatives to have a majority. Presentationally, that might be very convenient for them.
Liberals – propping up the Tories. Why would they? They would probably make several gains in any new election.
At the risk of sounding gauche, I will point out again that I did say that Theresa May's apparently sky-high approval ratings flattered to deceive.
A few of us feel vindicated on that - if on little else that has happened over the last week.
Having been quoted in Private Eye admitting that I got huge amounts wrong, I'm taking every opportunity on the other side of the fence that I can get for the while.
I'd like to point out that I said if turnout in Scotland was down but not hugely down the the SNP were in serious trouble.
Just for interest, but gossip and Guido are now suggesting a snap election for July 10th. Seems the negotiations with the DUP fell through and May used yesterday's tragedy to cover it up.
July 10th is a Monday, seems a bit odd.
That's the date by which CCHQ has said candidates should apply. Would mean an August election possibly.
??? Is May so determined to hold on? Surely those around her wouldn't let her call an election rather than forcing her to resign?
IF it's true that the DUP talks are going badly and she's even talking to LibDems this must mean that she's on the brink of resigning.
Hope Cable could be shoved somewhere out of the way. Ambassador to North Korea?
That said, I don't think anything will come of May talking with the Lib Dems.
Lib-Dems won't get involved in a coalition with Con. Not after 2015. Doubt they'd even do confidence and supply.
This will just be about checking they are going to abstain on QS - Main significant is that Con wouldn't need to do that if they were going with DUP.
Suggests either the DUP have threatened to take down the QS or they are abstaining but Jezza has convinced SF to take their seats in return for a referendum on United Ireland. Otherwise the LDs are simply not needed. Or..... getting them to agree to abstain the QS, get Brexit negotiations underway and both Tory and Libs get a new leader then vote for a new election via self inflicted vote of NC supported by the LDs.
@WillJPatterson: Mutterings abound that senior LibDems are to meet with Theresa May. It can't be what it looks like... Can it?!
Checking to confirm Lib's will abstain on QS I guess.
DUP "Deal" looks DOA?
Why should they?
Because if Con can't get their QS through the government falls and we'll have an immediate election (well immediately after it becomes Jezza can't get a QS through either) which you would assume the LIb-Dems will want to avoid given we only had one last week.
@WillJPatterson: Mutterings abound that senior LibDems are to meet with Theresa May. It can't be what it looks like... Can it?!
The chief impediment may have been removed last night.
Remember, the Lib Dems only need to abstain in votes for the Conservatives to have a majority. Presentationally, that might be very convenient for them.
The dream detox scenario for them would be if the government conceded a commitment to a second referendum as the price of their support.
@WillJPatterson: Mutterings abound that senior LibDems are to meet with Theresa May. It can't be what it looks like... Can it?!
The chief impediment may have been removed last night.
Remember, the Lib Dems only need to abstain in votes for the Conservatives to have a majority. Presentationally, that might be very convenient for them.
I don't see how a Lib Dem deal works with their stance on Brexit.
@WillJPatterson: Mutterings abound that senior LibDems are to meet with Theresa May. It can't be what it looks like... Can it?!
The chief impediment may have been removed last night.
Remember, the Lib Dems only need to abstain in votes for the Conservatives to have a majority. Presentationally, that might be very convenient for them.
Liberals – propping up the Tories. Why would they? They would probably make several gains in any new election.
@WillJPatterson: Mutterings abound that senior LibDems are to meet with Theresa May. It can't be what it looks like... Can it?!
The chief impediment may have been removed last night.
Remember, the Lib Dems only need to abstain in votes for the Conservatives to have a majority. Presentationally, that might be very convenient for them.
I don't see how a Lib Dem deal works with their stance on Brexit.
All the Lib Dems need is: 1: To abstain or 2: To get the Tories to put Single Market back on the table.
@WillJPatterson: Mutterings abound that senior LibDems are to meet with Theresa May. It can't be what it looks like... Can it?!
The chief impediment may have been removed last night.
Remember, the Lib Dems only need to abstain in votes for the Conservatives to have a majority. Presentationally, that might be very convenient for them.
Nah, still look bad to a majority of their members.
They have to get a big concession on Brexit to even try and sell that
Just for interest, but gossip and Guido are now suggesting a snap election for July 10th. Seems the negotiations with the DUP fell through and May used yesterday's tragedy to cover it up.
July 10th is a Monday, seems a bit odd.
That's the date by which CCHQ has said candidates should apply. Would mean an August election possibly.
Counterintuitively, gas has proved itself safe in tower blocks for decades. The safety rules are excellent. Gas engineers are brilliant people, and so are the people who check them and their work.
@WillJPatterson: Mutterings abound that senior LibDems are to meet with Theresa May. It can't be what it looks like... Can it?!
The chief impediment may have been removed last night.
Remember, the Lib Dems only need to abstain in votes for the Conservatives to have a majority. Presentationally, that might be very convenient for them.
Liberals – propping up the Tories. Why would they? They would probably make several gains in any new election.
@WillJPatterson: Mutterings abound that senior LibDems are to meet with Theresa May. It can't be what it looks like... Can it?!
The chief impediment may have been removed last night.
Remember, the Lib Dems only need to abstain in votes for the Conservatives to have a majority. Presentationally, that might be very convenient for them.
The dream detox scenario for them would be if the government conceded a commitment to a second referendum as the price of their support.
She would have been abused, Momentum would have had all their activists waiting for her, Corbyn would have been sniggering somewhere in the background, and the publicity would have been even worse than not visiting them. It stinks, but what possible choice did she have? It would have been a disaster whatever she did.
However, we are in Gordon Brown territory here. Everything he did and said went wrong after the botched non-election.
May is looking increasingly like Brown, and yes, it's surely a matter of weeks, if not days, before she goes. QS then resign.
@WillJPatterson: Mutterings abound that senior LibDems are to meet with Theresa May. It can't be what it looks like... Can it?!
The chief impediment may have been removed last night.
Remember, the Lib Dems only need to abstain in votes for the Conservatives to have a majority. Presentationally, that might be very convenient for them.
I don't see how a Lib Dem deal works with their stance on Brexit.
@WillJPatterson: Mutterings abound that senior LibDems are to meet with Theresa May. It can't be what it looks like... Can it?!
The chief impediment may have been removed last night.
Remember, the Lib Dems only need to abstain in votes for the Conservatives to have a majority. Presentationally, that might be very convenient for them.
Liberals – propping up the Tories. Why would they? They would probably make several gains in any new election.
@WillJPatterson: Mutterings abound that senior LibDems are to meet with Theresa May. It can't be what it looks like... Can it?!
The chief impediment may have been removed last night.
Remember, the Lib Dems only need to abstain in votes for the Conservatives to have a majority. Presentationally, that might be very convenient for them.
Liberals – propping up the Tories. Why would they? They would probably make several gains in any new election.
@WillJPatterson: Mutterings abound that senior LibDems are to meet with Theresa May. It can't be what it looks like... Can it?!
The chief impediment may have been removed last night.
Remember, the Lib Dems only need to abstain in votes for the Conservatives to have a majority. Presentationally, that might be very convenient for them.
Liberals – propping up the Tories. Why would they? They would probably make several gains in any new election.
Swift way to lose their Scottish gains.
Well they would only do it if they thought the benefit would outweigh any cost.
At the risk of sounding gauche, I will point out again that I did say that Theresa May's apparently sky-high approval ratings flattered to deceive.
A few of us feel vindicated on that - if on little else that has happened over the last week.
I owe you an apology.
For weeks (prior to Dementia tax) you ran the May is deeply mediocre line on here. I thought it was just a partisan attack line. And, perhaps, at the time it was.
Turns out you were right.
Not really, he contrasted her deeply mediocre with Corbyn utter crap, & said she wins every time
I'm actually kinda hoping we find some way out Brexit, I'm in SeanT's camp. Get EEA/ETFA in some why, don't worry about immigration anymore, and focus on the economy,.
I hope everyone here votes Lib Dem if the party once again sures up the national situation at large risk to itself, and saves the nation from Corbyn. Country before party
@WillJPatterson: Mutterings abound that senior LibDems are to meet with Theresa May. It can't be what it looks like... Can it?!
The chief impediment may have been removed last night.
Remember, the Lib Dems only need to abstain in votes for the Conservatives to have a majority. Presentationally, that might be very convenient for them.
The dream detox scenario for them would be if the government conceded a commitment to a second referendum as the price of their support.
Plus PR voting in local elections
Adopting PR for the European elections was a disaster because it gave a bigger platform to irresponsible populists like UKIP. Perhaps for local elections the same dynamic wouldn't apply but I don't think PR should be perused in any circumstance. The UK has much greater constitutional issues that won't be solved by tinkering with the voting system.
Why on earth would there be an immediate general election unless you specifically want to hand the keys to No 10 to a Corbyn armed with an overall majority? Some of the fevered speculation on here is ludicrous. Having said that I am a little disappointed in TM. I thought she would emerge from the election fiasco and surprise us in a good way having shaken off her shackles. She has indeed but not exactly in the way I expected.
@WillJPatterson: Mutterings abound that senior LibDems are to meet with Theresa May. It can't be what it looks like... Can it?!
The chief impediment may have been removed last night.
Remember, the Lib Dems only need to abstain in votes for the Conservatives to have a majority. Presentationally, that might be very convenient for them.
Liberals – propping up the Tories. Why would they? They would probably make several gains in any new election.
If the government goes for full single market with everything that implies, they should get the LDs and the SNP on board, particularly if they set up a Scottish caucus through Ruth Davidson's group. They would then have the numbers to get Brexit through with or without the nod from Labour. The main opposition would be on the Tory benches. It could split the party but they are stuck between a rock and a hard Brexit place.
I just don't think she's flexible enough to operate outside her comfort zone.
That is, with her closest and trusted advisors (and no-one else) deciding what she wants to do rather slowly in secret, and with a huge majority to push through whatever she wants without opposition.
At the risk of sounding gauche, I will point out again that I did say that Theresa May's apparently sky-high approval ratings flattered to deceive.
A few of us feel vindicated on that - if on little else that has happened over the last week.
I owe you an apology.
For weeks (prior to Dementia tax) you ran the May is deeply mediocre line on here. I thought it was just a partisan attack line. And, perhaps, at the time it was.
Turns out you were right.
Not really, he contrasted her deeply mediocre with Corbyn utter crap, & said she wins every time
Exactly. And even after the exit poll he said it was wrong and May was on course for a landslide.
At the risk of sounding gauche, I will point out again that I did say that Theresa May's apparently sky-high approval ratings flattered to deceive.
A few of us feel vindicated on that - if on little else that has happened over the last week.
I owe you an apology.
For weeks (prior to Dementia tax) you ran the May is deeply mediocre line on here. I thought it was just a partisan attack line. And, perhaps, at the time it was.
Turns out you were right.
Cheers - but not a problem.
May has always struck me as the epitome of mediocrity. There just does not seem to be anything there. I was truly astonished that she was as popular as she was. I could not see it at all. I felt like some Tories must have felt about Tony Blair. The only thing that I liked about May was that she was not Andrea Leadsom!
I have always liked Hammond. He is quiet and dull, but comes across to me as smart, flexible and able to properly think through an issue. We could do with him now, quite frankly. But I guess we will end up with Boris - God help us!!
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Farage doesnt.
https://twitter.com/Andrew_Adonis/status/875354417205325825
"So Jeremy, you were health secretary..."
October it is
For weeks (prior to Dementia tax) you ran the May is deeply mediocre line on here. I thought it was just a partisan attack line. And, perhaps, at the time it was.
Turns out you were right.
May might as well do something radical, she's got nothing to lose at this point.
Remember, the Lib Dems only need to abstain in votes for the Conservatives to have a majority. Presentationally, that might be very convenient for them.
If you wait until after the vote on the Queen's Speech then you are into August.
https://twitter.com/SamCoatesTimes/status/875354654279966720
DUP "Deal" looks DOA?
Hope Cable could be shoved somewhere out of the way. Ambassador to North Korea?
That said, I don't think anything will come of May talking with the Lib Dems.
This will just be about checking they are going to abstain on QS - Main significance is that Con wouldn't need to do that if they were going with DUP.
Crikey even Guido is giving Corbyn praise. May cannot be long for this political world surely.
I am not a Tory and I have been called traitor more than once, but I too am actually devastated by what is happening to the UK. I always regarded this place as one of the finest places in the world - beautiful, tolerant, advanced and leading the way forward.
Now it is seems to be a divided society in so many different ways. I know the Brexiteers bang on about being more outward facing post-Brexit but right now the country seems more inward looking than ever.
How can she be this shit? HOW?
Most boroughs break up around 20 July this year. No way IMO a general election can be held during the summer break. I make 14 September the first viable date and even then a lot of people (without school age children) will still be away.
Liberals – propping up the Tories. Why would they? They would probably make several gains in any new election.
IF it's true that the DUP talks are going badly and she's even talking to LibDems this must mean that she's on the brink of resigning.
https://twitter.com/SamCoatesTimes/status/875356611719700480
Or..... getting them to agree to abstain the QS, get Brexit negotiations underway and both Tory and Libs get a new leader then vote for a new election via self inflicted vote of NC supported by the LDs.
Only if the DUP are very stupid, will they blink.
They're not stupid.
Tezza is stuck between a rock and a hard place. Visit the survivors and have Corbynistas yell abuse. Don't visit and be accused of being cold.
Jezza, on the other hand, is a 24-carat **** for politicising this terrible tragedy.
1: To abstain
or 2: To get the Tories to put Single Market back on the table.
They have to get a big concession on Brexit to even try and sell that
She can't negotiate shit. She is shit.
Davis as emergency stopgap for 2 years. Promotes young blood. Get through Brexit.
He steps down. Proper leadership contest in 2019.
Health is Labour's strongest suit.
Cool heads required not David Lammy.
In a day or two we'll see HMQ visiting the survivors and showing Theresa how its done.
Is HMQ loved and admired in that part of London? Doubt it. But she'll show up at some point anyway.
However, we are in Gordon Brown territory here. Everything he did and said went wrong after the botched non-election.
May is looking increasingly like Brown, and yes, it's surely a matter of weeks, if not days, before she goes. QS then resign.
Country before party
That is, with her closest and trusted advisors (and no-one else) deciding what she wants to do
rather slowly in secret, and with a huge majority to push through whatever she wants without opposition.
She has lost her majority.
She has lost her advisors.
She has no other base in the party.
She has lost her confidence.
She's mismanaged the negotiation with the DUP.
She's mismanaged the fire.
She is making IDS look good.
She can't do the job, and she must go.
May has always struck me as the epitome of mediocrity. There just does not seem to be anything there. I was truly astonished that she was as popular as she was. I could not see it at all. I felt like some Tories must have felt about Tony Blair. The only thing that I liked about May was that she was not Andrea Leadsom!
I have always liked Hammond. He is quiet and dull, but comes across to me as smart, flexible and able to properly think through an issue. We could do with him now, quite frankly. But I guess we will end up with Boris - God help us!!