"I wish I loved the human race; I wish I loved it's silly face;"

I would appreciate some help and clarity here. Please be gentle with me as bullying and smartypants causes me to disappear. I keep reading Mrs May 'inherited' a poison chalice. Did she not volunteer for it knowingly by being willing to stand as PM? Secondly, I have not read her 'good deal'. 560 pages I believe? I probably wouldn't understand half the political jargon anyway. I have only ever heard other than from Mrs May herself that this was an extremely bad deal for the country. Presumably the 'weaknesses' would have been pointed out and debated in the numerous cabinet meetings and in the House itself. Why did she believe her deal was good when there was so much specific opposition to the content detail of it? Did she not mind the Country having a bad deal? I certainly don't get that impression of her at all. I wish her well but hope she retires and doesn't become a backbencher. Never thought I'd hear myself saying this but.... I LONG for a general election. Whew!

Her best simply wasn’t good enough and she should have realised this sooner.

it's never easy to pick up the pieces especially as Cameron run away. Yes she has tried but at this moment of time we need someone who is brutal and sadly she hasn't got that.
Keep trying and failing will only lose her more respect. Sometimes you have to know when to quit, it's a lesson for all of us.

It seems to me that TM walked into a trap, whether knowingly or not. The plan seems to have been to get her to do all the hard work, then get rid of her so as to, either take all the credit, or blame her for any failure on future BREXIT negotiations. This was my suspicion at the beginning of her term of office and nothing has happened to change it since then....

I don't feel sorry for her at all. She looked pathetic leaving in tears. What an awful expression on her face. She was the wrong person for the job. No backbone. If a decision is made it should be adhered to . It's time we had a government with a leader who will get things done and won't be brow beaten by others who don't agree with the decisions made either by the leader or the people.

Just because you don't wear your heart on your sleeve does NOT mean that you don't care. Not everyone is huggy kissy, and often when they are it's completely false and playing to the media. Mrs May cares deeply about this country and the people in it, and regarding Brexit did her best to please all of the people all of the time, and ended up pleasing no one. Her tears were of frustration, exhaustion and deep deep disappointment at not being able to deliver on her promise, and to suggest otherwise is completely disingenuous ! We don't know, and now will never know what sort of PM she would have made but for Brexit, but she was a good woman (part of the problem!) in a predominately male world,doing an impossible job, which none of them could have done any better! As for her husband putting his foot down?!!!! Would that be said the other way round?!! I don't think so!! Sexism is clearly alive and well in all quarters! Poor Theresa, no win from day 1!

I agree with Kim19. Theresa May put herself forward for the job. Gove stabbed Boris in the back and TM got the job by default. The party should not have let her premiership continue knowing that she lacks the intellectual capacity to tackle such a huge thing as Brexit. Whether you like Boris or not he certainly has the brains to understand the issues. The main point being that we must prepare for a no deal Brexit and stick to our guns, that is the only way the EU will re-open the withdrawal agreement and re-negotiate, if not then they also punish Europe. Ducking below the parapet.

I agree with you Gonegirl (and the other like minded people). TM did her best in very difficult circumstances - poisoned chalice indeed.

She did NOT look pathetic and no one can help their facial expression! What a horrible thing to say!

Well done Mrs May. Go have some fun with hubby. You deserve it.
How that dreadful man Cameron sleeps at night is beyond me

I thought she looked dignified. Ok, she broke down at the end. Who wouldn't?

No I am not sorry. She was an awful PM, foodbanks, a run down of the NHS and people without homes. The only good thing to come out of this is the the Tory party is finished. Whoever takes over will get no further and eventually there will be a general election and they will will be gone.

I have always felt sorry for her and yesterday was awful to watch. Nearly every newspaper has a photo of her on the front page - crying. How uncaring has this country become. She picked up the poison chalice from the utterly spineless Cameron and she tried her best. Also she couldn't have had a worse cabinet to back her. Most of them have had their own agenda since the beginning and god help us if Boris gets in! I wish her well for the future as she seems to have a lovely husband by her side. Now scream at me - cos I dont care!!!!

I wouldn't be a PM for all the money in the world. The job was dumped on her by cowardly Cameron and the woman has done her best - with absolutely no support, only continual criticism and backbiting from power hungry individuals who's only agenda is to further their own careers. It will be interesting to see how well (or not) the next person does. (Seriously - are Corbyn and Johnson the best this country can produce?) And we mock Trump!

I entirely agree with Gonegirl. TM did her best, she tried so hard to get some sort if agreement, and she didn't give in until she felt there was nowhere else to go. It has been very difficult and I'm not sure any of the "clever" people doing the smug criticising could have done better.

I do think it would have been useful if the public could have seen what was in the deal. A few bullet points and a shortish resume would have helped the public understand the situation better.

Yes, Mrs May did her very best.........to promote the government's 'Divide & Rule' policies and push more and more people into FoodBank dependency.

Pity she couldn't shed a tear for all the victims of "The Nasty Party".

I agree with Eazybee. I was very critical of TM while she was in office and wanted her to go - no use feeling sorry for her now.
The chalice was not poisoned - I wish people would stop repeating that mantra - it was obviously going to be a v difficult challenge, and she took it on willingly.
On Brexit her best was just nothing like good enough. There’s much that she could easily have done better, starting with listening to others.
And her continued neglect of domestic policies - housing, benefits, schools, education - have reduced hundreds and thousands to more than tears.
But it’s kicking her when she’s down to keep on showing her tearful face yesterday. I dislike that.

I agree, she did her best and had to try to sort the mess out someone else left her, I feel sorry for her.

I could not agree more. Poor woman picked up a poisoned chalice and was never going to win. Not only has she had to battle with the other twenty-six representatives of the EU but, also her own party members. I cannot imagine why there as so many others clamouring to continue where she left off.
She needs a medal!

Whywhywhy
I agree with you word for word.

What sort of country have we become, to gloat over, and ridicule, another persons despair, whatever you think about her as a PM, she’s a woman at the end of her rope, and I can’t imagine anyone not being moved by her resignation speech.

I haven’t always been her biggest fan, but look at the options for goodness sake! She tried and tried, where most of us would have given up.

Thankyou for trying Theresa, you can at least know you did your best

I agree with Beammeupscottie. I am not a Tory and am always appalled at their total disloyalty to any of their leaders when things don’t go as planned. Despite lauding their leaders, as they did with Theresa, they are always ready to stab them in the back when the time comes. Poor Theresa - at least “Pride & Prejudice” is her favourite book, which is why I like her.

I agree whole heartedly with all the previous comments and was sad at the way she was put down repeatedly. I don't say that her decisions were the best, but no one seemed to be able to offer anything better. I do think the rest of the politicians have shown themselves up for what they truly are,
back stabbing , egotistical, money grabbing, over indulged, spoilt brats with fingers in every pie imaginable and think only of themselves.
I for one will probably never vote again.

Sadly, nannypiano, I can’t imagine myself ever voting again either, voted conservative since the day I could vote, but I know I’ll never vote for them again!

No one could have known what lay ahead with brexit, it was an unknown. Mrs May is not a fortune telling looking into a crystal ball seeing the house in a shambles , seeing some in her own party and the opposition wielded knives in their bid to be PM .

She has endured three years of back stabbing and mockery , the next PM will know the pitfalls, she did not, no one did.

This thread has convinced me to leave this group. That heartless woman shed no tears for the victims of Grenfell, or Windrush, or the many homeless, some of whom have died on the street, or the people forced to foodbanks to feed their children, or the destitute who have committed suicide because of welfare sanctions. The list goes on. Her tears were for herself alone, because she has lost the power she enjoyed. Sadly, those that come after her are likely to be of the same ilk. That so many of you on here have succumbed to the media presentation of her doesn't bode well for the future.