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Perhaps if she hadn't called a pointless general election and then run one of the worst campaigns in living memory that ended up removing the Conservative major
by arethuza 8y ago
Perhaps if she hadn't called a pointless general election and then run one of the worst campaigns in living memory that ended up removing the Conservative majority requiring pandering to the DUP I might have some sympathy.
- nutjob2 8y agoIf she had thought strategically she might have held off on an election until closer to this moment and then she could have used the threat of an election, and the attendant annihilation at the polls, as a threat against the rebels to secure the key factor of party unity. Effective head-kicking is absolutely essential in these sorts of situations. May has ended up just making herself look weak again and again.
- ben_w 8y agoHer party was way ahead in the polks when she called the election. She is just incredibly bad at her job — literally, as in if you went back in time 5 years and described what she’d done[1], it would not be considered credible. [1] hand-waving the credibility of tine travel, of course