Bye, Bye Theresa

exchemist · May 24, 2019

Salvador said:
I understand Boris Johnson is the favorite to be the next British PM. He and our POTUS have some things in common. They both were born in New York and both of them are conservative populist and highly loyal to the country each one of them serves. I'm confident Boris Johnson and Donald J. Trump can get along very well together. ...

They do indeed. Bozo has been modelling himself on an anglicised version of Trump, complete with the barefaced lies and dogwhistle appeals to xenophobia. What he brings to the party, however is his own unique, terminal, facetiousness. To a rich Old Etonian like him, the future of the country is just a game to play.

The only good news is that he will inherit the same Brexit dilemma as May and probably won't be able to solve it either.

LuisDantas · May 24, 2019

Theresa May has hurt the UK a lot, although there is a virtual war to be had on reaching consensus on the exact reasons why. Her Quixotic insistence on attempting to protect the Tories from themselves at the expense of the UK's future is nothing short of disastrous. Arguably, so is her otherwise admirable skill at attempting to present Brexit as something that could actually make some sort of sense.

But I fear that her successor will probably cause a lot more harm still, to the point that we may soon forget about her.

Unfortunately, this is not good news. I wish that it had been instead Corbyn to step down, say six months ago. His refusal to commit to the logical, ethical paths has arguably hurt the UK much more still.

sun rise · May 24, 2019

Notanumber said:
She was far from being loyal to her country.

When are the rest of that Remainer cabinet going to resign?

She should go immediately so that we have someone suitable as Prime Minister by the time Donald arrives.

Someone who recinds the invitation

Notanumber · May 24, 2019

sun rise said:
Someone who recinds the invitation

Someone who can show him a good time and let him win at golf. Andrew could probably do the latter without trying.

sun rise · May 24, 2019

Notanumber said:
Someone who can show him a good time and let him win at golf. Andrew could probably do the latter without trying.

I could go along with that as the purpose and outcome.

Enoch07 · May 25, 2019

Altfish said:
heaven help the UK who comes next. I fear the worse

Carl Benjamin for PM 2020!

Stanyon · May 25, 2019

The global right wing Jihad!

Enoch07 · May 25, 2019

Stanyon said:
The global right wing Jihad!

First 2016 with Trump, took a loss in France unfortunately, then Australia a few days ago, Teresa resigns yesterday, and now a chance at the U.K! The future is so bright I gotta wear Honk Honk!

Stanyon · May 25, 2019

Enoch07 said:
First 2016 with Trump, took a loss in France unfortunately, then Australia a few days ago, Teresa resigns yesterday, and now a chance at the U.K! The future is so bright I gotta wear Honk Honk!

They are going to need colostomy bags!

Notanumber · May 25, 2019

Mrs May has certainly aged over the past two or three years. Could it be that she believed what her mentor said and is that why she was so desperate to sign the UK up as a vassal state.

'There's a special place in hell for Brexiteer MPs' says Donald Tusk | Metro News

ChristineM · May 25, 2019

She was in a difficult position, trying to appease her far right little englanders while at the same time attempting to create the best possible outcome for the UK.

If her successor is a hard line brexiter like buffoon boy johnson and they railroad a no deal brexit then the uk will loose access to the biggest trading block in the world. It will isolate over a 1.2 million people effectively cutting of their healthcare and rights to child education. They will loose a workforce of around 2.3 million, many of whom do the sh***y jobs that no self respecting brexiter would lower themselves to do. I believe the UK will take many years to recover from the devastating effects if it ever does actually recover.

I see very dark clouds ahead, just hope more sensible minds prevail.

Notanumber · May 25, 2019

She created a difficult position.

She is no negotiator and relied on others such as Robbins the Remainer.

She got rid of anyone that was backing Britain.

I see blue skies ahead when we finally leave.

Salvador · May 25, 2019

exchemist said:
They do indeed. Bozo has been modelling himself on an anglicised version of Trump, complete with the barefaced lies and dogwhistle appeals to xenophobia. What he brings to the party, however is his own unique, terminal, facetiousness. To a rich Old Etonian like him, the future of the country is just a game to play.

The only good news is that he will inherit the same Brexit dilemma as May and probably won't be able to solve it either.

According to Tony Blair, a no deal Brexit will spare the U.K. from paying the £39bn Brexit bill, bring an end to the Brexit uncertainty, and it will be good for democracy. ....

Altfish · May 25, 2019

Salvador said:
According to Tony Blair, a no deal Brexit will spare the U.K. from paying the £39bn Brexit bill, bring an end to the Brexit uncertainty, and it will be good for democracy. ....

Err, I think not ... have you got a reference for that quote? It doesn't sound like anything Blair would say.

Salvador · May 25, 2019

Altfish said:
Err, I think not ... have you got a reference for that quote? It doesn't sound like anything Blair would say.

Sorry, my bad, it wasn't Tony Blair who said this, it was Brexiteer MP James Gray. I'm so embarrassed to have confused this matter, In order to save myself from any further display of ignorance or confusion. I shall refrain from further comments about British political matters.

ChristineM · May 25, 2019

Salvador said:
Sorry, my bad, it wasn't Tony Blair who said this, it was Brexiteer MP James Gray. I'm so embarrassed to have confused this matter, In order to save myself from any further display of ignorance or confusion. I shall refrain from further comments about British political matters.

If the UK does not pay what it owes it will be treated as a default and negatively effect its credit rating.

ChristineM · May 25, 2019

Notanumber said:
She created a difficult position.

She is no negotiator and relied on others such as Robbins the Remainer.

She got rid of anyone that was backing Britain.

I see blue skies ahead when we finally leave.

Nope, Brexit and the hard line undemocratic no deal demanders created the position. The UK did not vote for no deal

And how do you see blue skies when you effectively alienate a large percentage of the population, loose a willing labour force, and cut yourself off from the worlds biggest trading block. Which of course will have repercussions worldwide. No one will want to dump a market of 700 million if favour of a depressed market of 65 million.

I would really love to hear how you see blue skies, considering you have not been able to explain in the past

exchemist · May 25, 2019

Notanumber said:
She created a difficult position.

She is no negotiator and relied on others such as Robbins the Remainer.

She got rid of anyone that was backing Britain.

I see blue skies ahead when we finally leave.

If we leave with no deal, a la Bozo, we will face barriers to trade with the area that represents half our exports.

Any attempt to remove those barriers, say by a trade agreement, will first all require that we settle the €39bn bill and agree to the Irish backstop arrangement. The EU has made that quite clear and, as we have seen, they are not joking.

So, either we will agree to the main parts of May's deal, or we trade with the EU on WTO terms indefinitely. That will in time be the end of our auto industry and plenty of others besides.

And it will all be for nothing. British manufacturers will have to comply with EU regulations to do any business there at all. That's market forces for you. The EU is a market of 400m people on our doorstep. We can no more ignore it than Mexico can ignore the USA.

Notanumber · May 25, 2019

The goose is already cooked. We voted to leave with no strings attached and leave we must do.

Anything else is undemocratic and democracy is highly valued in the United Kingdom, as Parliament is about to find out.

ChristineM · May 25, 2019

Notanumber said:
The goose is already cooked. We voted to leave with no strings attached and leave we must do.

Anything else is undemocratic and democracy is highly valued in the United Kingdom, as Parliament is about to find out.

Where on the referenfum voting paper did it stipulate "no strings attached"

17 million votes in a population of over 46 million registered voters is hardly democratic.

And you have not answered the question. Am i surprised??? Nope

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