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Policies please!!!

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trisher Mon 23-Oct-17 10:19:06

Dear Gransnetters
I am making a sincere request for any ideas and policies you think might help me and my government cling on to power keep the country on a strong and stable path. We are willing to consider anything. Sajid has already launched a housing idea, Michael is busy searching through Jeremy's bins for cast offs and Boris has promised to keep his nose out of things is focussing on foreign policy. But I am sure some of you have really good ideas. Don't worry about u-turns I am willing to swivel 360% and more if it will keep me in power is in the country's interests. So please send them to me. Desperately Seeking Solutions Theresa @No.10

durhamjen Mon 13-Nov-17 20:54:16

I think you need to forget about the book and be a bit more responsible.

www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/pound-sterling-latest-updates-exchange-rate-theresa-may-leadership-brexit-cabinet-conservative-a8051621.html

You are being blamed for this.

mostlyharmless Mon 13-Nov-17 18:43:09

Possible book title for you Theresa.
"Theresa in Blunderland" courtesy of yesterday's Observer.

durhamjen Mon 13-Nov-17 17:03:09

Dave C as in call me Dave.

trisher Mon 13-Nov-17 10:32:43

Mmm so "To David C without whom I wouldn't be where I am today."
I'm thinking "For Boris who always spoke his mind"
or
"For Michael G who cleared the way for me"

mostlyharmless Sun 12-Nov-17 19:29:43

You could dedicate it to David Cameron. He's the one who left you in this mess resigned so that you could become PM.

trisher Sun 12-Nov-17 18:35:22

I'm also puzzling about who to dedicate the book to. (It takes my mind off the other disasters) It should be my dear hubby of course, but there are so many others I have to thank.

JessM Sun 12-Nov-17 17:57:06

I'd suggest Pride and Prejudice, but it's already been used. Same applies to Great Expectations.

durhamjen Sun 12-Nov-17 13:50:27

Sorry, but you'll have to stop hiding so we know you've kept your head.

trisher Sun 12-Nov-17 13:05:18

I'm very much thinking about "If" , you know from the poem "If you can keep your head when all about you "
It was going to be "Strong and Stable" but I've changed my mind.

durhamjen Sun 12-Nov-17 12:51:55

"The Accidental PM" ?
Otherwise known as lots of accidents waiting to happen.

mostlyharmless Sun 12-Nov-17 12:28:01

"Et tu, Priti?"
Or Andrea, or Anna, or Michael, or Philip, or Damien, or Gavin, or Boris (of course) etc etc

FarNorth Sun 12-Nov-17 12:26:12

Come on , mostlyharmless, Theresa doesn't have time to think about that, she's busy running the country.
I expect Theresa's onto that already.

"How to be PM Without Really Trying."?

durhamjen Sun 12-Nov-17 11:41:50

"Hiding in Plain Sight" ?

mostlyharmless Sun 12-Nov-17 11:39:48

Dear Theresa
I hear Cameron has a book about to be published and has bought a house in Cornwall with the Royalties. Perhaps now is the time to be planning your retirement project book. I'm sure you're already collecting material for it. What would be a good title?
"Hanging on by the Fingertips"?
I'm sure other gransnetters could give you good advice on this.

durhamjen Sun 12-Nov-17 11:00:03

These forty aren't singing from it.
Watch your back, sides and front, Theresa.

uk.businessinsider.com/r-forty-uk-conservative-lawmakers-ready-to-oust-pm-may-sunday-times-2017-11

FarNorth Sun 12-Nov-17 10:30:30

I'm a little confused over how the government is coping with Brexit negotiations, while seeming to be very taken up with internal problems and general squabbling.

I expect you don't have time to explain that, tho, Theresa, as you only came here to ask for policies.

Maybe it doesn't matter what your policies are. Just get something or other printed up, as a hymn sheet for everybody to sing from.

durhamjen Sun 12-Nov-17 10:15:09

I think you really need to call another election, if only for your own sanity. I see Gove and Boris are best buddies again.
The Labour party can get rid of Boris.

trisher Sat 11-Nov-17 16:56:49

I am taking Boris's unsuitable statements very seriously but thank goodness for the distraction and will soon find a way of dealing with him. His silly remarks have absolutely nothing to do with the fact that we have been given a two week deadline by Barnier and the EU. And we haven't a clue about what to do.

JessM Sat 11-Nov-17 16:26:42

You know I think you could safely sack him now. He'd be a troublesome stirrer on the back benches, it's true, but surely the days when he was a credible contender for a leadership challenge are now gone. People only voted for him for Mayor of L because he was a larf. The joke has worn very thin and left nothing but a big mouth with no grown-up judgement ability. And if I could suggest, instead of re-assigning his grace-and-favour weekend cottage to another FS, you could use it for temporary accommodation for some homeless families for a while.

durhamjen Sat 11-Nov-17 15:47:11

When are you bringing the book out?
I notice that John Crace has one called I, Maybot, just in time for your Christmas reading.

durhamjen Sat 11-Nov-17 14:26:34

"The Foreign Secretary was expressing a personal view that he respects this Spanish ­tradition. However, he does not ­personally support bullfighting and he is proud the UK upholds the highest in animal welfare standards, including the ban on bullfighting in the UK."

Please, Theresa, can you gag Boris?
His foreign office support must be getting fed up of trying to cover up for his stupid remarks.
Have we ever needed a ban on bullfighting in the UK?

durhamjen Sat 11-Nov-17 13:46:30

Can you, please, Theresa, give Davis a bit of back up in his negotiations, as you are obviously not going to sack him either?
Have you realised that if you have not reached an agreement with Barnier in two weeks, we will be crashing out of the EU without a safety net?
Is that what you intended in the first place?

durhamjen Sat 11-Nov-17 10:41:15

I noticed. Very definite.
It could be before or after that time. Brilliant, Theresa.
Who do you think you are fooling?

trisher Sat 11-Nov-17 10:17:43

dj "the best place to hide something is in plain sight". Boris is doing his best and while people are busy complaining about him they don't notice how useless the rest of us are we are free to get on with a proper Brexit. Did you notice I have set a definite date?

durhamjen Sat 11-Nov-17 09:39:50

Yes, that's her, Jess.
I hope you don't mind me saying so, Theresa, but you appear to have reached the bottom of the barrel now.
Is that why you have not sacked Boris?