The next Prime Minister of Britain

If House of Cards or The Thick Of IT had used this saga as a plot it would have been dismissed as too far fetched.
 
mat said:
At least Gideon will be happy...
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Damn....that's a nice red ensemble she's wearing there.
 
Gaudion M said:
Fairly middle ground of the tory spectrum but with some hardline views. We will have to see.
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Very clever lady.

Shes centering herself to get the middle-class labour vote. Announcing policies that steal from Ed Miliband's labour manifesto.

Be warned, if she gets a huge parliamentary majority, she will continue what Thatcher started without European law being able to protect the most vulnerable.
 
I know she's said the opposite but I wouldn't be surprised if May calls a snap general election off the back of it to achieve a national mandate to negotiate Brexit.
 
mat said:
I know she's said the opposite but I wouldn't be surprised if May calls a snap general election off the back of it to achieve a national mandate to negotiate Brexit.
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She doesn't need to bother. She's got the mandate to negotiate Brexit from the referendum and the parliamentary Torys will unite behind her giving her a working majority until 2020.
 
cibaman said:
If House of Cards or The Thick Of IT had used this saga as a plot it would have been dismissed as too far fetched.
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Ianucci must be thinking his writing career is fucked now. He can only do a couple more seasons of Veep....
 
west didsblue said:
She doesn't need to bother. She's got the mandate to negotiate Brexit from the referendum and the parliamentary Torys will unite behind her giving her a working majority until 2020.
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She doesn't need to but surely the public clamour for one and the opportunity to wipe labour out if not better than thatcher did in 83(?) must be tempting?
 
I had to do a semester of child psychology for my sins, and the 'But I'm a Mum! My opinions are better!' while clearly being wrong in the context of studies drove me up the wall. May isn't ideal, but I've been averse to anyone using that as a line ever since.
 
mat said:
She doesn't need to but surely the public clamour for one and the opportunity to wipe labour out if not better than thatcher did in 83(?) must be tempting?
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That was 4 years after they were elected - only a year before they had to have an election anyway - and on the back of the Falklands victory when the government was popular. At the moment the government are not popular and the only thing that would suggest a Conservative win is the fact that Labour are in a worse state. If there was a snap election now, I suspect turnout would be very low due to disillusionment with the lot of them which would weaken her mandate. Also it's likely a lot of votes would be lost to the Liberals and UKIP; and if Labour sort themselves out with a credible leader, it might not go the way everyone would expect.
 
MillionMilesAway said:
Unless it was to stymie one of the other candidates. As it is, the only plausible candidate will be elected unopposed. Who appointed May as PM will be an interesting question to answer - the media, the MPs?
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That will be the Queen.
 
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west didsblue said:
That was 4 years after they were elected - only a year before they had to have an election anyway - and on the back of the Falklands victory when the government was popular. At the moment the government are not popular and the only thing that would suggest a Conservative win is the fact that Labour are in a worse state. If there was a snap election now, I suspect turnout would be very low due to disillusionment with the lot of them which would weaken her mandate. Also it's likely a lot of votes would be lost to the Liberals and UKIP; and if Labour sort themselves out with a credible leader, it might not go the way everyone would expect.
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Could take years.
 
cleavers said:
She won't be stupid enough to call a general election at this stage, too many risks.
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And without new legislation, can't call one till 2020 without a two-thirds majority of MPs, and Labour have over a third. Of course, as Corbyn supporters don't seem bothered about winning elections, you might get some Labour (or ex-Labour) MPs voting for an election. Or the Tories could pass two resolutions of no confidence in May's new government and have an election that way...
 
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