Theresa May - So Far.

[10ClarionSt]

Having seen Mrs May since the election result and the disaster in Knightsbridge, she gives me the impression of a rabbit caught in the glare of headlights. Or maybe a confused person with incontinence, sat with a smile on their face, doesn't grasp what's happening out there and can't smell anything. Never mind. It'll all disappear in time, won't it?

[jambutty]

The 'incontinence' bit's not very nice 10C.

[jambutty]

I'm not a fan of TM, but I have had elderly parents who became incontinent as they became ill and aged and it just upset me I guess.

[jambutty]

Thanks 10C.

[emmie]

perhaps she feels she is doing all she can, being advised that to have met up with the tenants and those who's families have been bereaved might not have been a good move, she is damned if she does and damned if she doesn't.

[Tilly2]

On a personal level, I feel sorry for her. The PM role is not what she hoped it would be.

[Cloverjo]

I feel sorry for her, too. I'm not a fan of hers, politically - far from it - but whatever she does with regard to the Tower tragedy is going to upset some people.

[Tilly2]

She must be rueing the day when she accepted the role. Nothing has gone her way.

[Mr-H]

I think that she's got so much going on now, she has to rely on her advisors. She sacked the advisors who ruined the election for her, she now has someone who says the she doesn't need to meet the poor, downtrodden, just meet the fire people etc, and then get home. THEY are the ones to blame as she again lurches front one debacle to another. What's next?

[jno]

I'll try to avoid party political arguments, but all governments have to deal with the mistakes of their successors, in this case tragic errors in making laws and building regulations. That goes with the job, and in this case it's not particularly unfair because May, as a previous home secretary, does have to bear some responsibility.

But she's not responding personally in a way that encourages people. A century ago, a prime minster would never have to meet the common people. Now it's part of the job; and they want you to look empathetic as well (as the Queen found with Diana's death). May hasn't really got the common touch. As I've said before, I'm not bothered whether she meets survivors or not; but the public seem to mind and her party probably do too. She should really have known this before applying for the job. Blair and Cameron had it; Gordon Brown was another one who didn't.

[Tilly2]

Mr May, apparently, puts the bins out. That's a common touch thing. :-)

[Cloverjo]

I suppose she was trying to show her common touch by sitting on the One Show sofa with hubby. It didn't really help her in any way.
I can't imagine Sam Cam and David chatting about who puts the bins out in their house(s).

[mikey4444]

Jo...I am sure a minor flunky does that. Do people still have underhouse parlour maids ?

[Tilly2]

I don't believe for one minute that Mr M even knows where the outside bin is. As for lugging it down the drive........?

[Tilly2]

Oh, there isn't a drive at Number 10. Where do they put the bins?