(With apologies to Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark)
Theresa May, you made the right decision yesterday
We heard your message on the radio, you failed completely so you're going to go
Those prayers we prayed, we were sure that they'd come true someday
Uh huh Theresa May, it's great that you are going away
It's 8:15, that's the time that it's always been
We got your message on the radio, you failed completely so you're going to go
Theresa May, is mother proud of little girl today
Uh huh, these cheers we raise, they're never ever gonna fade away
Theresa May, you made the right decision yesterday
We heard your message on the radio, you failed completely so you're going to go
Those prayers we prayed, we were sure that they'd come true someday
Uh huh Theresa May, it's great that you are going away
It's 8:15, that's the time that it's always been
We got your message on the radio, you failed completely so you're going to go
I think Teresa May deserves credit for a giant attempt at a very poor proposal.
ReplyDeleteShe might have done better working as a school dinner lady.
DeleteAnd the shambles continues....
ReplyDeleteThat's one of my favourite songs.
DeleteWhat's next?
ReplyDeleteYour golden haired emperor is coming to see Saint Theresa just before she officially leaves. That's one hell of a goodbye gift.
DeleteHer final words "the country I love" made me laugh (with contempt). She spat out those words - in blood red ANGER before turning on her heel and stomping off like a three year old who is trying to find his/her way in a world still new to them. That she didn't finish her sentence by adding "ARSEHOLES" (of unspecified quantity) I can only ascribe to her pastoral upbringing.
ReplyDeleteLeaving aside her unrelenting "strong and stable" and "shit means shit" I have another beef with Mrs May. A six months nightmare (think Kafka) as to my "right" (RIGHT? What right?) - remember I am a European country citizen having lived in England most my adult life - when she was still in charge of the Home Office. It sure did shatter my world - not my spirit, but in practical terms the fall out reverberates to this day.
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I agree. Her final words were rather like that. They might as well have been "It's not BLOODY FAIR you bastards!" In her quiet, strong and stable and hapless manner she revealed that her ego is as inflated and as hollow as Johnson's.
DeleteI don't have any sympathy at all, even less after reading Owen Jones in the Guardian.
ReplyDeleteHe's a bright lad and tells it like it is.
DeleteWell Larry the cat is staying at No.10, even though he wasn't allowed to watch the final scene.
ReplyDeleteI would rather vote for Larry than Johnson or Gove or Hancock. Free cat biscuits for all!
DeleteI agree with Red, it certainly seems to me that she put her all into trying to make a silk purse from a sow's ear. Serious question, what else do you think she could have done? Or put another way, what would you have done if you had had that job?
ReplyDeleteI am not a career politician but if I had been in her shoes, I would have arranged a conference to which members of all political parties would have been invited along with trade union leaders, business leaders and leaders of the main cities in this country. And I would have listened, really listened.
DeleteThe point of the conference would have been to agree a way forward after the Brexit vote, taking the whole country on board. And I would have been saying very clearly to The European Union that they would have to wait until we had our road map in place.
Mrs May was her own worst enemy. She had no real vision and showed that the only voice she was really listening to was the voice inside her own head. Effectively she wasted three vital years and for this I cannot forgive her. She was the worst prime minister that this country has ever had even though she is clearly a decent human being.
Probably BECAUSE you are not a career politician you have come up with a sensible plan. I appreciate your answer, and agree that those things would have been a good start. I fear that career politicians do not have the will to take part in a collaborative solution on anything anymore.
DeleteI appreciate your optimism, YP, but even if Theresa May HAD called such an (impractically large) conference, don't you think it's unlikely the participants would have emerged with a clear path forward? I'm sure it would have turned into round after round of infighting. I don't think it's possible to achieve consensus on Brexit, honestly. Everyone seems to have a different view of what it means and where it should get us.
DeleteWhat Steve is saying is what I meant with my last sentence (directly above). I wasn't being very clear.
DeleteThe conference would have been repeatedly reminded of the referendum result and the need to work together to find an acceptable solution. Gloves off with the country's future at stake. There simply HAS to be a way forward but May squandered so much time and was so terribly dogmatic. Effectively she entrenched the positions instead of facilitating constructive debate.
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