Theresa May, former UK Prime Minister

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What a legacy she leaves.
  1. Poverty has worsened as a result of austerity, to the extent that the UN now describes the UK’s welfare system as a ‘digital workhouse’, with ‘clients’ subject to arbitrary rules.
  2. The number of the working poor have increased and over 80% of those below the poverty line are in paid work.
  3. The NHS is struggling to retain staff, with over 5,000 EU nationals departing it since 2016.
  4. Her stance on Brexit has split the union; alienating the Scots and openly siding with the Protestant community in NI has made it more likely that an Indy2 referendum & border poll will take place - especially in the event of a hard Brexit.
  5. The prison estate has decayed on her government’s watch, and has reached the point where fellow EU countries refuse to extradite their nationals due to the Dickensian conditions.
  6. On her watch, the UK has continued to sell enormous quantities of arms to a rogues gallery of actors, including the Saudis, who have used them against poor tribesman in Yemen. Another large scale purchaser has been Turkey, which Erdogan has turned into a one party dictatorship.
  7. May has promoted a culture of impunity - from failing to rein in her cabinet colleagues or in any way penalise them for incompetence (take a bow, Mr Grayling), she has proceeded to support a blanket amnesty for soldiers accused of war crimes. This move has further inflamed tensions in NI, it effectively gives a free pass to soldiers for murders committed against the nationalist community and reinforces republican arguments that the British are not a neutral arbiter.
In addition to these, May’s done nothing to stitch together the frayed social fabric of the UK. All the country’s major institution are beset with challenges- parliament is dysfunctional, the two-party system is becoming increasingly unrepresentative, the established church is in crisis, the 4th estate is devolving into a yellow press of the worst kind, social services & local government are buckling under austerity policies, and the country’s manufacturing base is being squeezed.

None of these have been addressed due to the suffocating Brexit debate. May leaves a terrible legacy, while the contemporary focus remains fixed on Brexit I believe she’ll eventually be remembered as a Nero figure, fiddling in Westminster & Strasbourg while her party let the country burn around them.
 
donkeypunchd said:
What a legacy she leaves.
  1. Poverty has worsened as a result of austerity, to the extent that the UN now describes the UK’s welfare system as a ‘digital workhouse’, with ‘clients’ subject to arbitrary rules.
  2. The number of the working poor have increased and over 80% of those below the poverty line are in paid work.
  3. The NHS is struggling to retain staff, with over 5,000 EU nationals departing it since 2016.
  4. Her stance on Brexit has split the union; alienating the Scots and openly siding with the Protestant community in NI has made it more likely that an Indy2 referendum & border poll will take place - especially in the event of a hard Brexit.
  5. The prison estate has decayed on her government’s watch, and has reached the point where fellow EU countries refuse to extradite their nationals due to the Dickensian conditions.
  6. On her watch, the UK has continued to sell enormous quantities of arms to a rogues gallery of actors, including the Saudis, who have used them against poor tribesman in Yemen. Another large scale purchaser has been Turkey, which Erdogan has turned into a one party dictatorship.
  7. May has promoted a culture of impunity - from failing to rein in her cabinet colleagues or in any way penalise them for incompetence (take a bow, Mr Grayling), she has proceeded to support a blanket amnesty for soldiers accused of war crimes. This move has further inflamed tensions in NI, it effectively gives a free pass to soldiers for murders committed against the nationalist community and reinforces republican arguments that the British are not a neutral arbiter.
In addition to these, May’s done nothing to stitch together the frayed social fabric of the UK. All the country’s major institution are beset with challenges- parliament is dysfunctional, the two-party system is becoming increasingly unrepresentative, the established church is in crisis, the 4th estate is devolving into a yellow press of the worst kind, social services & local government are buckling under austerity policies, and the country’s manufacturing base is being squeezed.

None of these have been addressed due to the suffocating Brexit debate. May leaves a terrible legacy, while the contemporary focus remains fixed on Brexit I believe she’ll eventually be remembered as a Nero figure, fiddling in Westminster & Strasbourg while her party let the country burn around them.
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What, no redeeming features at all? :D
 
Court system's gone to s**t too via austerity. 'Tough on crime', * off.
 

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donkeypunchd said:
  1. May has promoted a culture of impunity - from failing to rein in her cabinet colleagues or in any way penalise them for incompetence (take a bow, Mr Grayling), she has proceeded to support a blanket amnesty for soldiers accused of war crimes. This move has further inflamed tensions in NI, it effectively gives a free pass to soldiers for murders committed against the nationalist community and reinforces republican arguments
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Blatant lie. And it mostly certainly doesnt reinforce republican arguments whatsoever.

www.plymouthherald.co.uk

Mercer appalled PM 'blocked amnesty' for military veterans

Plymouth MP accuses Government of being 'deliberately misleading'
www.plymouthherald.co.uk www.plymouthherald.co.uk
 
medusala said:
What an utter load of crap. NHS spending hasnt been cut.

Have to lol at all the Guardian articles on here. On a par with Daily Express these days. One readable journo, the rest are a joke.
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Last three Tory prime ministers have been hopeless jokes.

The one coming will probably put the party in the grave.
 
JeanLucGoddard said:
Last three Tory prime ministers have been hopeless jokes.
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Cameron was ok even if a bit try hard woke, daylight better than Blair and Brown. Major and May were useless. Though better than Brown who completely lost it at the end.

The one thing saving them is that as bad as May has been Corbyn is far far worse. Blair would be 40 points ahead of the Tories right now.
 
medusala said:
Cameron was ok even if a bit try hard woke, daylight better than Blair and Brown. Major and May were useless. Though better than Brown who completely lost it at the end.

The one thing saving them is that as bad as May has been Corbyn is far far worse. Blair would be 40 points ahead of the Tories right now.
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Apart from the bit where he called the unneeded referendum that has split his party irreparably.

Blair craps on them all.
 

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JeanLucGoddard said:
Apart from the bit where he called the unneeded referendum that has split his party irreparably.

Blair craps on them all.
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lol, the people voted for Brexit. It was long overdue.

As for Blair he was a failure. He has very few achievements other than wasting hundreds of billions. The NI peace result only came about due to his disgusting appeasement of the IRA whilst still allowing soldiers to be prosecuted. His health reform was nothing of the sort, all he did was spend more money, a large % of which went on admin (who can forget the massive IT stuff up and all the health scandals). His education reforms failed so had to go back to Thatcher policies (under a different name). On immigration, he was joke, he got rid of exit passport controls so had no idea who was in the country, he saw minister after minister sacked in the home office. ASBOs were a joke, as were his quack policy of fake plastic police. The culture of targets just meant everything got rorted like grade inflation. He utterly stuffed the military with shoddy equipment and health care.

blah blah blah.

The ohly thing Blair gave a stuff about was lining his own pocket. Which he has done remorselessly.

NB

"It’s been over thirty years since the British people last had a vote on Britain’s membership of the European Union.

That’s why the Liberal Democrats want a real referendum on Europe. Only a real referendum on Britain’s membership of the EU will let the people decide our country’s future."
 
medusala said:
lol, the people voted for Brexit. It was long overdue.

As for Blair he was a failure. He has very few achievements other than wasting hundreds of billions. The NI peace result only came about due to his disgusting appeasement of the IRA whilst still allowing soldiers to be prosecuted. His health reform was nothing of the sort, all he did was spend more money, a large % of which went on admin (who can forget the massive IT stuff up and all the health scandals). His education reforms failed so had to go back to Thatcher policies (under a different name). On immigration, he was joke, he got rid of exit passport controls so had no idea who was in the country, he saw minister after minister sacked in the home office. ASBOs were a joke, as were his quack policy of fake plastic police. The culture of targets just meant everything got rorted like grade inflation. He utterly stuffed the military with shoddy equipment and health care.

blah blah blah.

The ohly thing Blair gave a stuff about was lining his own pocket. Which he has done remorselessly.

NB

"It’s been over thirty years since the British people last had a vote on Britain’s membership of the European Union.

That’s why the Liberal Democrats want a real referendum on Europe. Only a real referendum on Britain’s membership of the EU will let the people decide our country’s future."
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But meds, Blair all bit eliminated rough sleeping in Britain, and I know how deeply concerned you are for the homeless.

www.newstatesman.com

New Labour all but eliminated rough sleeping. How did it do it?

Sometimes the reason for failure is that we are not really trying hard enough.
www.newstatesman.com www.newstatesman.com
 
FredLeDeux said:
Good solid Tory policy.
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The amusing thing is Campbell running around trying to claim he has been exonerated over dodgy dossier.

He and Blair are personally responsible for BREXIT. If they had the self awareness to shut up remain would have won.

NB I thought you couldnt stand Blairites?
 
medusala said:
The amusing thing is Campbell running around trying to claim he has been exonerated over dodgy dossier.

He and Blair are personally responsible for BREXIT. If they had the self awareness to shut up remain would have won.

NB I thought you couldnt stand Blairites?
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Course I can't stand Blairites or any other Tories either.
 
58 frontbench resignations in slightly over 3 years. That averages to 1 every 10 days.
 
Shocking honours list from her. Barwell, Robbins, Dick blah blah.

Who would have thought that anyone in living memory would be considered as bad as Gordon Brown as PM. Staggering stuff.
 
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