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T_i_B

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18. Others did want the job

Reply to Pope George Ringo II (Reply #14)

Sun Mar 31, 2019, 05:15 PM

Mar 2019

But she posed as the candidate most likely to unite the party and the country. She's failed badly on both counts.

May was the front-runner in the 2016 Tory leadership contest from the start, but if Andrea Leadsom hadn't pulled out when she did then grassroots Tories may well have been loony enough to elect her and not Theresa May leader.

And that brings us to another problem, as dreadful as Theresa May has been the alternatives to her in the Conservative Party are even worse. And as can be seen my events in Beaconsfield, grassroots Tories value ideological purity over common sense. Grassroots Tories are more likely to elect somebody like IDS or Michael Gove who will make things much worse.

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Is Theresa May the Worst Politician Ever? [View all] T_i_B Mar 2019 OP

No, Donald Trump is the worst vlyons Mar 2019 #1

Yep. America's finest wannabe authoritarian dictator. democratisphere Mar 2019 #2

Trumps fraudulency, malfeasance and corruption doesn't hold a candle to May. Farmer-Rick Mar 2019 #3

donnie may be the more dangerous, but as a politician, unblock Mar 2019 #7

Jeremy Corbyn might be worse since he can't lead comradebillyboy Mar 2019 #4

He's actually getting close to her in the polls. Pope George Ringo II Mar 2019 #8

Given Theresa May's complete failure to move comradebillyboy Mar 2019 #9

Labour are leading now muriel_volestrangler Mar 2019 #15

Labour are, yes. They'd almost have to be, considering Brexit and the Lib-Dems' recent history Pope George Ringo II Mar 2019 #16

Americans really don't have a grip on how awful May has been. Pope George Ringo II Mar 2019 #5

It could be worse, they could make Boris Johnson PM. comradebillyboy Mar 2019 #10

He's a better dancer, so there's that. Pope George Ringo II Mar 2019 #11

And he has better hair than either May or Corbyn. comradebillyboy Mar 2019 #12

He is joint favourite to be the next PM, and May a virtual certainty to be out this year muriel_volestrangler Mar 2019 #17

I feel bad for our British friends and wish them a speedy recovery. comradebillyboy Mar 2019 #19

Thank you! And the same for the Americans! LeftishBrit Apr 2019 #20

Boris Johnson's 2016 leadership campaign... T_i_B Mar 2019 #13

Failing Grayling may be the gold standard Pope George Ringo II Mar 2019 #14

Others did want the job T_i_B Mar 2019 #18

Has the author never heard of Donald Trump? Doodley Mar 2019 #6

No - not as bad as Trump, Bolsonaro, Erdogan, Orban, etc etc LeftishBrit Apr 2019 #21