She is instinctually on the left of her party

but savvy enough to realise that to keep the coalition together (all parties are coalitions) she needs to throw the headbangers a bone or two.

She won't get an easy ride any ways up (from her own party, that is); but a fresh mandate and an increased majority will enable her to steer more of a middle course than she might otherwise have been able to.

Lest we forget it was May who stood up at a Tory Conference and told them they were the Nasty Party, because (inter alia) of the undercurrent of racist and homophobic attitudes which pervaded the party at the time.

I've never really "got" left wing Tories but she is one. So was John Major - much more left wing at his core than Tony Blair, for example.

Calling the election was a smart move by her - if she'd asked, which despite my being her constituent she didn't, that's what I would have advised her to do some months back.

Posted By: Old Man on April 19th 2017 at 16:55:17

Message Thread

Nine Labour MPs, incl. Clive Lewis, voted against the May Witch's plan. Good for them (n/m) (General Chat) - Higher Wrather, Apr 19, 15:17:24
- why? (n/m) (General Chat) - ghostof barry butler, Apr 19, 15:55:11
  - Because May's doing it explicitly to take out any opposition to her version of Trainwrexit (General Chat) - Higher Wrather, Apr 19, 16:33:32
    - tbf her version of Brexit is probably better than the IDS/Daily Mail version (General Chat) - CWC, Apr 19, 16:38:39
      - genuine question, what evidence do you have for that? (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Apr 19, 16:50:21
        
        She is instinctually on the left of her party (General Chat) - Old Man, Apr 19, 16:55:17
        
        not sure the policies she's implemented as Home Sec have been particularly 'left-wing' tho (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Apr 19, 17:04:26
        
        This is why left/right are meaningless terms (General Chat) - CWC, Apr 19, 17:24:24
        
        She is very pragmatic (General Chat) - Old Man, Apr 19, 17:43:36
        
        she's very far from small l liberal - and her flip-flopping adds to the unease i feel with (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Apr 19, 22:12:40
    - 37.4% ?? (n/m) (General Chat) - essexcanaryOTBC, Apr 19, 16:38:25
      - 37.4% of the electorate (n/m) (General Chat) - Higher Wrather, Apr 19, 16:54:52
      - yep (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Apr 19, 16:44:45
        
        Great stattage (ta) (n/m) (General Chat) - essexcanaryOTBC, Apr 19, 16:56:56
      - Presumably including those who didn't vote. (n/m) (General Chat) - APB, Apr 19, 16:42:08
        
        I didn't vote, because I didn't agree with a referendum. But that doesn't mean I don't (General Chat) - Higher Wrather, Apr 19, 17:14:28
        
        Face palm (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Apr 19, 18:17:28
        
        Sorry about that, but the referendum was Cameron caving into his loonies, and that's no (General Chat) - Higher Wrather, Apr 19, 18:47:37
        
        That was my assumption too (n/m) (General Chat) - essexcanaryOTBC, Apr 19, 16:43:17
    - That my friend is politics (n/m) (General Chat) - ghostof barry butler, Apr 19, 16:37:07
      - Not denying that from her point of view it's the right tactic (n/m) (General Chat) - Higher Wrather, Apr 19, 17:13:31

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