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If Theresa May Steps Aside This Week ...
... as seems quite likely at the moment, who would you like to see/who do you think would be
the best bet as caretaker PM?
the best bet as caretaker PM?
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A very nice left wing friend of mine who works in the Civil Service has always said the one person he dreads getting the job of PM for the Cons is Gove because he has brains, is clever, charming, and would be good at it. This from a staunch left winger who works with these people at the highest level. I've mentioned him before on here, he strongly disliked May saying...
14:42 Sun 24th Mar 2019
“I honestly can't think of anyone with a shot that I'd feel comfortable with so yes, why not David Beckham.”
Why not indeed? At least you could vote for him if he stood as an MP. You could also try to persuade whatever party he stood for to choose him as PM. You couldn’t do that with either Juncker or Tusk.
“I hadn't predicted the months of chaos we've already had,…”
We haven’t actually had any “chaos” as such (not any that affects Joe Public, anyway). All we’ve had is a bunch of politicians squabbling because about 80% of them don’t want the UK to leave the EU and so are taking every opportunity to thwart it.
For MPs to suggest they will vote for such an appalling deal on the condition that Mrs May resigns is hypocrisy of the highest order, especially when so many of them voted against it twice. The two things are not related and the deal remains bad, very bad, whether Mrs May is in No 10 or not.
Why not indeed? At least you could vote for him if he stood as an MP. You could also try to persuade whatever party he stood for to choose him as PM. You couldn’t do that with either Juncker or Tusk.
“I hadn't predicted the months of chaos we've already had,…”
We haven’t actually had any “chaos” as such (not any that affects Joe Public, anyway). All we’ve had is a bunch of politicians squabbling because about 80% of them don’t want the UK to leave the EU and so are taking every opportunity to thwart it.
For MPs to suggest they will vote for such an appalling deal on the condition that Mrs May resigns is hypocrisy of the highest order, especially when so many of them voted against it twice. The two things are not related and the deal remains bad, very bad, whether Mrs May is in No 10 or not.
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