A leadership contest!

Aah, but are we leaving. Surely all these shenanigans kicks Brexit further along the road. It could go so far, those who voted leave will probably be dead (or lost the will to live).

I suppose is we're GOING to leave, it makes sense to have someone in charge who WANTS to leave.

Just when we thought things couldn't get any worse...……..

WHO in their right mind would think now is a good time for a leadership contest?

There was never going to be a perfect deal. Why can't the MPs realise that?

The poor woman is obviously doing her best of a very hard job & TBH I feel very sorry for her- back stabbing at all levels.
Cameron dropped us in this with his sulky attitude to not getting his own way.
Lord preserve us if this finally leads to a GE & & Corbin gets in. I do rather doubt this though. I'm sure he is also terrified it might happen- can you imagine him trying to sort deals with EU countries.
It has certainly ensured that I will never vote for my own MP again as he is one of the ones who sent a letter & has shown his true colours - although I suspected it all along- a career politician looking to feathering his own nest.

Oh yes! My MP... he has kept his nose clean and a low profile. Other than his major public gaffe about calling his Japanese wife Chinese 'by mistake' and of course not really making any improvements to the NHS, he is fairly blemish free. Not sure what he stands for..probably whatever is in the wind today!

Someone mentioned Jeremy Hunt as a possible candidate to replace Mrs May. Now that's REALLY scary.....

Good plan.. let's add fuel to the out of control fire!

Actually, coalition governments may be all right if they are a stop gap measure, as they were during WW2 to get out of the present mess, but otherwise they are not really an advantage.

Here in Denmark, we have had coalitions since the 1980s because we have so many parties that none are able to get the majority they need. So successive prime ministers have failed to do what they promised because they either genuinely cannot get the other parties in the government to back them up, or they say they can't.

I can't believe any one would want to take on the job of PM if she goes, because they're not going to do any better and they'll be gone in a short time anyway.

The EU was never going to give us a great deal anyway. Why people couldn't/wouldn't see that before the referendum....

eazybee
It's easy to be an armchair critic.
I wonder, had you been her advisor
and had she followed your advice, how many would have castigated you for your role.
There are many who think that she could have done or said things differently but, think about it, would Mrs May have deliberately brought about her own downfall through careless negotiation? I very much doubt it. It's those in Brussels France and Germany who are upsetting the apple-cart. They who say yea or nay to her proposals. We should never have ceded our independence to that lot.

I wouldn't have that job for all the tea in India.
It's a poisoned chalice. Murmurings behind the hands, more plots than the Russians could dream of, someone always seeking to pull the rug from under your feet. Little co-ordination. Greed. Not too dissimilar to everyday life in any working environment. Hey-ho. Whoever takes over will find that the same scenario befalls them, sooner or later.
Such is life...

Beammeup* & counterpoint agree.

easybee do you really think TM did the negotiating? Have you seen all the people who follow her into talks? She is simply the figurehead, the work will have been done by civil servants, the same ones who would have done it whoever was in charge. I don't understand why so many people don't get this.

TM is irritating in many ways but let's not blame her for things she has no control over.

No.
This is not a power struggle generated by a bunch of egotists, but a very real, deep -seated concern about Theresa May's incompetence.
She is failing to deliver the Brexit agreement she promised when she took office, her worst mistake being conducting the negotiations herself. She has agreed to concession after concession, received nothing in return, whilst systematically undermining Brexit ministers appointed for just that job.
Parroting 'this is the best deal we will get' is not good enough. After failing to honour her promise to hold a vote she should have withdrawn to No. 10, with the remnants of her cabinet, and forged a policy for a no deal exit, which is what she promised, until she halted the preparations in March.
Instead of which she raced around Europe exposing herself to yet more humiliation from the EU, who are playing her in exactly the same way as they played Ireland, Greece, Denmark and any other countries who are concerned about the form this organisation is taking.

Nonnie you are right. And we could greatly improve our status in Europe if we were campaigning for the reforms that are needed to make the EU work better for all its members. Instead of forever trying to carp and push for special treatment. It would also help if politicians didn’t blame the EU for things that they themselves have pushed for.

In the circumstances we have been treated well by the EU. What do people want? Why should they give us all the Cherries? They represent 27 Counties. Who do we think we are! We initiated all this; they didn't chuck us out.

knspol "What surprises me is that no remainers mention how the other 27 countries might treat us if it's decided after all that we stay in the EU. Just look at how we've been treated during the negotiations!" How do you think they will treat us? They have said we can stay in on exactly the same terms as we currently have so I don't understand what you think they can do to us.

David Cameron is the weasel to blame for this mess. Where is he now? Probably sunning himself far away from the country he has wrecked.

I almost don't care who get's to be Prime Minister - as long as they finally give the WASPI Women a fair deal!

But I might as well wish for the moon......

Hilarious to listen to Lord Daniel Finkelstein (Tory peer and journalist) saying that it's Labours fault the mess we're in for not supporting this or that.

Even Nadine Dorries looked confused!

Been watching Brexiteers emphasising their Cause on T.V..
That programme "Walking with Dinosaurs" comes to mind.

I think she will survive but needs to change her approach. She needs to start answering questions properly instead of starting every answer with 'what I do think' and then just spouting out the line for the day. She also needs to hold the meaningful vote instead of putting things off all the time.

knspol I think there is little love lost between any of the countries. We're all rivals, underneath. But staying in, we have as many rights as any other member state and that cannot change just because we're disliked or resented for our referendum. I think Britain has been a bit of a thorn in the side of the EU for some time, as we have a habit of vetoing some of their pet projects. Also, those who don't want a European army, had better stay in and veto it, because without us in to veto it, there IS going to be a European army - and we won't be in it.

TM has proved to be so much stronger than anybody could have imagined. OK not to agree with her politics but still admire her tenacity for keeping going when everybody has been plotting against her and she's been fighting a losing battle from the start.
What surprises me is that no remainers mention how the other 27 countries might treat us if it's decided after all that we stay in the EU. Just look at how we've been treated during the negotiations!

lemon how you can equate laughing at the Tory party and their political assasinations with anti- Britishness I have no idea. Arguably the party are just proving that they carry their philosophy and policies into every area i.e. every man( or woman) for himself and the weak go to the wall. And actually that's quite good to know.
I happen to think that Britain is best served by a party that cares about all its people and not one that sacrifices some to enrich others. So yes I do see the Labour Party as a better option.

I can’t believe people are still talking about Brexit in terms of free trade or wonderful new trade deals. With whom? Through the EU we already have trade deals (or are negotiating them) with most of the world. And free trade just isn’t the issue. It’s non-tariff barriers that are the issue.