Theresa May

Am I being too cynical thinking that the NIC increase was part of a plan? Hammond was to appear to ignore a manifesto pledge and when we were all up in arms, TM would retract it to show how caring they are and that they listen to us, the people. Was it all stage-managed and Hammond knew all along he was to be the scapegoat?

Don't be silly Ginny.

Fair enough Ankers. It is your right. But at the moment I think the Country should rally round the elected Government to get us through Brexit. It is only fair. May is doing what the Country asked her to do.

She hardly got thrown in at the deep end Nina. She hung around getting changed in the changing rooms whilst others were out and about debating the issues, then at the last minute she was on the diving board and in she dived! She'd changed her persuasion from what a disaster it would be to leave the EU, to follow me everyone into the deep end!

She had got what she wanted. The key to No 10. She knew what she was doing, and she's still unelected and leading us into a hard Brexit with no alternative plan should she fail.

doesnt

Beam no. But that does mean the tories will get my vote either[they didnt last time].

With that particular issue, what I cant understand is why it wasnt stopped before it got into the budget. It never fitted core tory policy.
I wonder how strong she is around the cabinet table.

At the end of the day, would you want Jeremy Corbyn of the Momentum Party Negotiating with the EU. Thought not.

She did get thrown in at the deep end. Last year was a surprise to us all. I think she's passionate about the credibility of her party. That's why she's told Phillip Hammond to drop the self employed NICS, it went against party policy. I'm self employed and we don't get the benefits an employed person receives so unless the government were going to give me, holiday pay, sick pay, maternity leave and a pension fund, it wasn't ever going to be fair.
Obviously MP's thought it was wrong and she listened so this suggests she's loyal to her own party and also she's loyal to the voters.
I believe she has a very steely, tough side but probably keeps it in reserve preferring to be civil first but I don't think she'll take any flak from setting out the demands to the EU.
Tough job, all we can do is get behind her. I think her mind is on Brexit soft or hard, I think she'll do it.

nina1959. Thanks. I think you have answered my second question of the op.
She does seem unshowy, which nowadays at least, seems unusual for a PM.
I think though, that ironically is why I am yet to feel comfortable about her. Like you say, we dont see much of her.

angelab. I have more of a problem with this bit. But I am not a politician, so I presume there may be quite a lot of times when they just have to toe the party line. And keep quiet.

3rd question[there are probably 4]. Who is she really? Remain, Soft Brexit or Hard Brexit?

She's been handed a raw deal left over from David Cameron. He called the referendum and people voted to leave. She's now got to take the reins and continue to do the job Cameron started.
I like her. She's unshowy, intelligent and the fact that we don't see much of her suggests she's a good behind the scenes operator.
She handled Trump in a very clever manner, reciting to the crowd what had been agreed and then turning to him so that he couldn't later disagree with their discussion.
She's a traditionalist and although her stance on the EU wasn't clear, she now appears to want to take the country forwards according to the wishes of the voters who wanted Brexit.

Ankers, my impression is that she kept pretty quiet during the campaigning, so that she could step in as leadership contender having not conspicuously nailed her colours to the mast..

Ok. Lets start with
How does someone vote for Leave, and then want Hard Brexit?

Ooh yes, I'm really frightened... (Why? )

I'm pretty sure no one on GN knows TM in real life so you're not likely to get a correct, in-depth analysis of her personality...

She is after all, the leader of this country.

Why not Ana? Are you frightened?

I dont understand her. I would like to understand more.

Why?

Is there a thread entitled 'Jeremy Corbyn' or 'Tim Farron'?

If you want to read criticism of Theresa May, you only have to look at 'The tory way of governance' and/or any thread related to Brexit.

Resurrected in the interest of political fairness.

A quick read didnt really answer much in the op I dont think.

The op of the other one seems to say that her position and stance seem to stem from The Daily Mail. Maybe so. That seems unlikely, but as good a guess as any perhaps.

Thanks for finding that Ana. I will have a long read, and post onto it if applicable.
This thread can then end.

www.gransnet.com/forums/news_and_politics/1231186-Theresa-May-3

I'm surprised you couldn't find this, Ankers, you seem to be very good at trawling through old GN threads...