Theresa May

Oh, I wouldn’t bet more than ten pence on that Tegan2

Why? Isn't she allowed to be human, and show her humanity?

(that's Theresa not jendurham )

Sorry to disappoint, but I don't wear t-shirts.
What a strange thing to say about her eyebrows. I presume that's supposed to be some sort of criticism of her looks.

Tegan, the after effects of her accident sound very much like the after effects of my husband's accident, which he suffered for fifteen years. Fortunately they had better ways of dealing with spinal injuries in the 1990s.

Why? Because she is a Tory, so everything she says must be
Somehow wrong ( to the Socialist mind on GN) it would be funny if it wasn’t so sad.
If Corbyn had mentioned his sadness at not being able to have children he would have been lauded to the skies for being so human, showing emotion etc.
I thought May was always called a robot on political threads, well, those weren’t robot words were they?

Why not me, Notme? You've lost me.
Am I not allowed to be human and show my humanity?
Or are you allowing that I am human and show my humanity?
Have I confused you as much as you have confused me?

No. I am never confused.

Cool, calm and collected. Like Theresa.

Okay, so explain.

Please.

Well, perhaps just a little confused. In this one instance.

I meant Tegan!

Time for bed. Or something.

xxx

and Mwah! (big wet sloppy one)

Just listening to a Huffpost podcast, and someone said she thought May did alright for her.
Talk about damning with faint praise.

Mrs May said she and her husband were unable to have children, perhaps she can't perhaps he can't , which ever their marriage has survived, one marriage 38 years, compared with Corbyn,

Marriage no 1. 5 years

Marriage no 2. 12 years and three children then he buggered off

Marriage no 3. 4 years, wherever she is, Perhaps long distance marriages work best for him.

Not what one can class loyal in good and not so good times is he

I think politicians should say things that make people feel uncomfortable. In fact, I think we all should. Not to be insulting or rude, you understand, just to be straightforward. Why should a politician's childlessness be hush-hush? Though, actually, I think it was until after May became PM. Some git made some rude remark about her only succeeding because she had no kids so TM felt pressurised to explain. Perhaps it wiuldn't have come up otherwise.

Nothing wrong with mentioning (it was only a mention; nothing unpleasant sbout it) a monobrow—it's just a feature some people have—any more than there is of mentioning where one parts one's hair.

bags wasn’t that loathsome Leadsome?

Dear Andrea Leadsome during the leadership campaign actually said that she would be a better leader because she had had children and therefore cared about the future. I was appalled absolutely appalled by that comment. Nicola Sturgeon, Alex Salmond, William Hague and Michael Portillo have all had nasty, spiteful comments made about them re their childlessness. But as wrong really wrong that is, I don't think conference speeches are the place for talking about your sadness at bring childless. And why would it matter ab which of them 'couldn't'?

Of course John Major, Boris Johnson and god knows how many more across the parties may only have been married once but have certainly been adulterous and disloyal o their wives and fathered children they have disowned. It's a moot point as to what is more morally acceptable

Especially conference speeches after nearly 18 months of your premiership.

It was said for a purpose and quite deliberate, and to my mind shows the position she is in with regards to the Tory party.

This is not the platform to speak of your personal circumstances, this is the platform to explain your future intentions and past successes or in her case utter failures.
I am not a bit interested in her reasons for having no children, it is none of my business and I have no wish to make it so. But I am desperately interested in what she is doing to this country, and nothing she coughed out showed me that she should continue as PM

I am only interested in the personal life of a politician when it is in direct conflict with what they are saying as politicians - so for example John Major's Back to Basics campaign whilst he was having an affair with Edwina Currie. As for BJ, his adultery was a matter between himself and his wife but his lying about it in public when it was revealed whilst in the shadow cabinet was a different matter and he was sacked for the lying not the affair

a perfect example of the momentum affect on some in the Labour Party since Corbyn became leader. Seems like a swarm of Diane Abbotts

Well isn't it funny how sometimes your language and your body reveal your real convictions. Last person I heard use the word "swarm" when referring to human beings was David Cameron.
As for TM's cough, well there is a case for believing it wasn't a cold at all. Just a nervous reaction- possibly it's the vicar's daughter suddenly recognising the things she has presided over and the hollowness of the words she was speaking.
"It is possible for a persistent cough to have psychological causes. Stress or anxiety can affect our breathing patterns, irritating our throat and restricting our oxygen supply. Coughing feels like a natural way of relieving this issue but in reality it has very little effect"

You don't hear the word swarm Trisher? Good heavens .

I wondered about that bad cold, too, trisher. Never saw the use of a handkerchief or tissue once during that hour long speech. She didn't appear to have one yesterday, either.

Could you give me your definition of a swarm, Anniebach? Are you suggesting that the 'swarm of Diane Abbots' is benign or dangerous? If you're suggesting that Diane Abbot is dangerous in some way could you please explain why?