Theresa May: Brexit and Boris ruined my time as prime minister

[@davidboers8995]

2019: Surely they couldn't choose a PM worse than May. 2022: Surely they couldn't choose a PM worse than Johnson. 2022: Surely they couldn't choose a PM worse than Truss. 2023: Surely they couldn't choose a PM worse than Sunak. Her premiership suddenly doesn't seem so bad.

[@DS-rd9qn]

Personally I think Sunak is the best PM we've had in at least a decade

[@peter0010]

​@@DS-rd9qnbest PM? He's been the most backbench PM I've ever known

[@10yeartimeline]

He inherited a very very difficult set of circumstances in a very polarised political environment where tribalism trumps reason

[@peter0010]

@@DecernererInitium when your party is facing potential political wipeout at the next GE, you should be implementing more effective measures to either stay in power, or damage limit. Sunak hasn't help set out any measures for the cost of living crisis every one from working class to upper middle is facing, he's gone back on parts of the Net Zero campaign with banning sales of new fossil fuel vehicles later than previously stated. He was most as the forefront when stating how many prisoners were walking the streets when labour were in charge, when the prisoner escaped Wandsworth a few weeks ago.

[@joebroughton2334]

@@BombLobster Economists who also get things wrong and have very little experience of growth or business. That said, the budget was wrong as it ignored the debt. Your comments on Boris are rather over the top.

[@JKLoans]

She made some mistakes, but I actually believe had the circumstances been better she would have made a decent prime minister. The successors to that office have been woefully underwhelming, lacking even a shred of decency and competence.

[@ais8358]

I agree 👍

[@sebastiang7394]

The issue I take with her and this is less of a personal issue of her but rather an issue with politics in general is that she never tried to work with labour to fix the whole brexit mess. Had the moderate parts of labour and the tories worked together on brexit they could have ignored the extremes on both sides. I think immediately after the very narrow vote there should have been a cross party commission to determine what Brexit actually means and what form of Brexit is actually in the interest of the people.

[@scottmcginn2169]

@@sebastiang7394 Labour had little genuine desire to work with her, as they groomed Corbyn as a "Prime Minister in Waiting". She had Labour doing that, and elements in her party that wanted a complete break from the EU with a wrecking ball approach. She, like John Major, inherited a mess and tried to do the best she could with it.

[@Ffinity]

@@scottmcginn2169 She didn't inherit a mess, she put herself forward as the hero of the hour. "What Brexit needs is a bloody difficult woman" was her comment on the matter. She was utterly delusional!

[@oldskoolmusicnostalgia]

You don't look at the pupils who scored 10% in a class test and go "well, that one who scored 20% did remarkably!"

[@MentorA-z6u]

Theresa May had her lows, and faults, but was far better than Boris Johnson. In my opinion.

[@1mlister]

Its a very low bar

[@garethbuckeridge6910]

Dizzy Lizzy is even lower than Bozo or Treason, and nobody expected the bar to drop for s third time. @@1mlister

[@Boghopper9999]

A tuna sandwich left to fester in a hot car for a few hours is better than Johnson

[@garethbuckeridge6910]

History will skip @@oenjielsvansoekamadjoe7405 History will skip truss, you'll need to look in the Guinness Book of Records to confirm that she was the shortest serving UK PM 🤣🤣🤣

[@Tates684]

@@Boghopper9999yes

[@RalphBrooker-gn9iv]

I’m closer to socialism than to conservatism. I think TM blundered enormously during the Grenfell Tower tragedy: not visiting the victims. That said I trusted her as a sincere politician, that she brought seriousness to her political career and to her constituents.

[@truckerfromreno]

She didn't visit Rotherham either.

[@donmac7780]

She is completely to blame for Boris Johnson, and for that there will be a permanent blot on her CV.

[@BossySwan]

@@donmac7780how?!

[@BossySwan]

@@truckerfromrenonot sure Rotherham is high on many bucket lists lol

[@donmac7780]

@@BossySwan She made him a minister, elevating him to a position where he could credibly become a viable PM candidate. She did this fully knowing that he had previously been sacked for lying.

[@LiamTaylor-n6i]

One thing about her, she really had the best intentions for our country.

[@emilyscloset2648]

If you look at the damage she did as home sec, then no

[@donalobrien7582]

AND Had know Problem transferring Britain Sovereign to the ADMINISTRATION in Brussels/Strasbourg=BERLIN. A serious JOKE

[@isotropisch82]

@@donalobrien7582 What is a joke, Donal old chap, is your command of the English language.

[@oxherder9061]

Keep telling yourself that, mate.

[@peterrowe-prvvideo1853]

no she didn;t - she was a remainer and tried to derail brexit - against the will of a democratic vote

[@mackysplace]

I'd love to hear her on The Rest is Politics with Alistair Campbell and Rory Stewart

[@patchsprospective8689]

Alistair wouldn’t let her get a word in and would keep patronising her. She should start her own podcast.

[@charliepullman7365]

You're in luck

[@Nat6999]

She is on their leading podcast for next 2 weeks from next Monday

[@peterrowe-prvvideo1853]

campbell one of the biggest political traitors in Uk history - and a liar along with Blair over the Iraq war

[@Trecesolotienesdos]

Wasn’t a good pm but not as sociopathic as boris nor arrogantly ambitious like truss. I like her, she seems quite witty and engaging, and very principled. Boris is funny, however May has no apparent sociopathy like Boris. Never knew she liked cricket - she and Sir John Major have that in common.

[@richardcook5919]

Johnson is funny in the same way that genital warts are funny.

[@stevensanders7262]

Great interview. Can't imagine Partygate happening under Theresa May!

[@Ffinity]

Only because nobody would party with her.

[@0w784g]

Of course it would. Partygate would have happened under ANY PM. It's a culture within the civil service that allows such things to happen. A degredation of which has occurred over several years.

[@jakeeeec]

@@0w784g What does the Civil Service have to do with it? It was party members and aides who organised and attended it

[@cycleSCUBA]

​@@0w784g- Partygate was allowed to happen because of Boris Johnson's 'it's all a jolly jape, chaps' attitude to everything. He encouraged drinks and celebrations at any opportunity, so his staff just went along with it.

[@emilyrawlings]

I really liked her as PM, it's a huge shame she was outed too soon. She was better than anyone since and some before

[@commandingjudgedredd1841]

She was another backstabber like all politicians are, left or right.

[@gabriellamar2683]

As an American , I never understood why she wasn't popular. She seemed a good PM.

[@seansmith445]

No frontline politicians are popular for very good reason.

[@veggie42]

May wasn't and her no 2 my current MP

[@ByzantineBob96]

After she lost her majority she just couldnt really do anything in Parliament, so that's largely why

[@alex_zetsu]

It's easy, the British wanted Brexit to be done without causing a cost-of-living crisis. Well actually a good number of British didn't want Brexit, but would have wanted it to be done with if it was destined to happen anyways. These two make up a large majority of the population since while the remainders didn't want to leave, they didn't want to be in limbo. May could not get Brexit done without imploding the British economy. it was simply impossible to do unless some other country was willing to write a huge cheek to Britain and say "here's a gift, pay your next 3 decades of imports, it's on us." Her task was doomed to fail. Maybe she should have campaigned to be PM on cancelling Brexit? I don't know if she could have won the leadership election at all if she did, but at least she'd have an excuse to not go through with a doomed task. Likewise Cameroon could have admitted it was a non-binding advisory referendum, but he didn't feel comfortable implementing it, so he'd ignore the result. It would destroy his political career and credibility, but a decade later people would probably say it was the best response to a self-induced crisis. As long as May tried to get Brexit done, she was going to be seen as a disappointment.

[@isocarboxazid]

She's kind of terrible, like most Anglo conservatives. But some of them- Boris, Trump, Truss, McConnell- are much worse than others.

[@thecarrotmonster8827]

This woman was almost too nice to be Prime Minister. She was never going to be allowed to succeed because i have a sneaking suspicion she may actually be a good person, and that won't do in politics.

[@derekbinsack]

I think so too. Donald Trump really liked her.

[@Iazzaboyce]

Whatever you think of her as prime minister - she was brilliant as Blakey in On The Buses...

[@PerryUK]

"I'll get you Butler!"😂

[@HamishBanish]

@@JupiterThunder Ooh, JupiterThunder, you are naughty... but I like you

[@annenunney9907]

Brilliant

[@flashtheoriginal]

Git that' bloody bus ahhht, Butler

[@Iazzaboyce]

@vgolovu987 Was that the episode when Olive rode in the sidecar?

[@MrGB-me8ws]

Love the response from Mrs. May on the question of faith and whether polticians should be talking more about theirs. Elected officials are not in office to represent themselves. They are there to represent their constituents. All of them! This business of being more upfront about your "feelings" is why there is increasing narcissism on display in politics today and why the Western civilisation is slowly sliding back to disarray!

[@jacobjones3227]

Thanks for getting rid of 20 000 coppers, what a great legacy. Glad she has a smile on her face, very funny isnt it? UK crime stats up by as much as x4 in many of our towns and cities.

[@Allegro-wp8xf]

Who in their right minds gets rid of 20,000 policemen? She's not well.

[@mattsymonds9652]

She's just a fundamentally honest and well intentioned person. That is more important to me than ANYTHING else.

[@simonturner1]

No she isn't, she's a Tory. They're all evil and corrupt. This is just her 'rehabiliate me' tour because her successors have been even worse!

[@humphreychannel582]

This is what a poitician should be like, its so sad that the media, the opposition and members of her own party ruined her

[@westminsterwatcher5152]

A decent public servant who did her best under extremely turbulent circumstances! God bless you, Theresa!

[@willowtree6657]

Absolute nonsense- she was nightmare just like Boris

[@westminsterwatcher5152]

@@willowtree6657 Calm down lad!

[@EllieD.Violet]

If God existed he would have equipped her with a few braincells.

[@veggie42]

​@willowtree6657 yes let him come back and Green her mate is my mp!

[@TheGinglymus]

It's a shame that a serious politician didn't get asked more serious questions.

[@raystephens1142]

I’m instinctively Labour but at least what we got from this lady was substance. The 3 that have come after her don’t have that.

[@HamishBanish]

If you're instinctively Labour, then your instincts need to be retuned

[@raystephens1142]

@@HamishBanish thanks for your input.

[@HamishBanish]

@@raystephens1142 Well, Ray, you're jolly welcome and thanks for registering your gratitude. All good wishes to you in your journey to imrprove your political instincts

[@raystephens1142]

@@HamishBanish that’s very good and…instinctively, I can sense you’re a wonderful citizen with everyone’s best interests at heart. God bless you Sir, and all that sail in you.

[@HamishBanish]

@@raystephens1142 Imitation is a form of flattery, I suppose, although you remind me flattery is rather dismal when you have to endure it.

[@kayedal-haddad]

I think people will look back in time and realise that the deal that she put forward (Norway +) should have passed through parliament!

[@walterrudich2175]

That’s utter nonsense! The only way for history to remember her at all would have been to oppose Brexit and keep the UK in the EU. But she chose to put her party above the country. She deserves to be forgotten

[@kayedal-haddad]

@@walterrudich2175 agree to disagree! I was referring to the deal that we have now versus what we could have got.

[@walterrudich2175]

@@kayedal-haddad I agree. The backstop looks quite desirable in the current position but it only was a remedy to the mad idea of leaving the EU.

[@walterrudich2175]

@@Buckets1000 there is no „electronic“ border anywhere in the world and there never will be.

[@lewis123417]

​​​​@@walterrudich2175the electorate blew a raspberry at the lib dems for advocating just that. Totally betraying the majority who voted for brexit is a terrible way for a prime minister to behave in a democracy. Your increadibly nieve if you think any government outright ignoring the referendum would have survived. Even Corbyns labour wasn't that short sighted

[@basiaszendrei1603]

Never been a fan but Mrs May comes across as genuine in this interview. I’ll definitely read the book.

[@HistoryonYouTube]

Brexit ruined my time when she was prime minister too. But it got worse when it happened after she left.

[@paulharrison7761]

Good

[@Boghopper9999]

​@@paulharrison7761says a lot about you that you cheer when someone said something made their life worse

[@Stand663]

@@Boghopper9999Give over. The public voted by majority to become an independent sovereign country again. What’s the matter with you. ???

[@Stand663]

@@chickenpie113 We are where we are because she didn’t actually do Brexit, probably because a lot of parliamentarians were for many years on the lavish Brussels payroll. She connived with the Eu to fudge the negotiations. She sold out the northern Irish. It’s ironic when Boris campaigned to became PM and promised to get Brexit done properly, the public overwhelmingly voted for him. The 52 / 48 compromise thing is nonsense. You don’t lose a vote then expect the winners do otherwise. Sadly the establishment aided by remain civil service connived to frustrate the whole Brexit process.. You couldn’t deny it. Trust in politics and the conservatives is gone because of Theresa May

[@HistoryonYouTube]

@@Boghopper9999 It does rather.

[@janesoole703]

'As a trainee radio journalist I was told by the BBC trained editor - never ever ever ask 'how do you feel?' (practically a sackable offence...but not today, clearly)

[@MattOGormanSmith]

"With my fingers" is the only acceptable reply

[@paulhunt1560]

It's a great interview and they both do well. I do however find it strange that Teresa May, according to this interview, comes across as caring about social issues. At the time she was very hard line.

[@monicaphilpot1030]

Don’t you know.. she’s the daughter of a vicar, basically a poor /s

[@n1msu]

@@monicaphilpot1030 When you're the PM to survive you have to please all factions of the party, who will turn on you if you do anything too drastic. The sacking of Boris, and the wet lettruss after shows this. An elected government is based on the main man/woman at the polls and the BS they always pledge. The fact that an incumbent government can oust a leader, leaving a power vacuum for months with a zombie PM waiting for his successor is bad enough in itself; to have the new successor voted in without a public ballot is the antithesis of democracy in my opinion. Powerful factions then get rid of Truss, again with no public ballot; and there is our government, powered by various factions vying for power as has been the case for at least 1000 years in Britain, but our government still thinks it's ok to trash talk 'less democratic countries'. Unless they provide us with lots and lots of oil... Monologue over.

[@oliverdesvaux]

Typical “front” from her and most of the Tories currently, though isn’t it? Say you care about something in practise, whilst in reality you underfund it to the point of collapse. Prisons, schools, social care…. List goes on

[@paulhunt1560]

@@oliverdesvaux Yes, that's a very good point.

[@BossySwan]

@vgolovu987why do you keep posting this diatribe everywhere?

[@markashdown1314]

Another Tory disaster.

[@frankbrennan1619]

Indeed & globalist & WEF stooge Sir Kneel waiting in the wings to be the next Liebour disaster & for sure he won't let us down.....

[@jordizee]

Another terrible female leader

[@Redsleather]

One of many since 1979

[@Areflection4]

I am a lifetime Labour supportor however, I was sad to see Mrs May go. I thought at the time that her own parlimentary party destroyed her, she did not forge the support needed to retain power. This failure was soo destructive to the country and the fault lies with Mrs May.

[@hellojasonsuresh]

Yes - she didn't make the wisest decisions though at least she had integrity. If she had called a second referendum instead of an election that was bound to fail, she would have more likely been able to shut down Johnson and his supporters and build support for her own agenda. Instead, losing an election meant she threw herself into a struggle that culminated in her end and created an environment for Johnson and everything that's happened since.

[@bhsultan7806]

The last genuine PM her party could produce that is before the “gang of thieves” took everything to the lowest of lows that politics could ever bring… one thing though I never understood why she would ever consider giving the likes of that phone scammer Patel a cabinet posting?

[@JustCallMeJames]

David Cameron says hi.

[@jonmortermusic]

I'd never vote Conservative and never will, but I do think history will be kinder to Theresa May's premiership, especially compared to BloJo, Lettuce, and Sunackered

[@glenntimmermans8277]

This is probably the first time I’ve really liked Mrs May. Ruth Davidson terrific too! So pleased to have seen this.

[@iainhenderson4065]

Ruth Davidson was a presenter on BBC radio Scotland before she went into politics.

[@glenntimmermans8277]

I did not know that. She is a great presenter. Hope she does more of these no-nonsense but fun interviews. Thanks for the info!

[@luxpursuits]

Ruth is a certified phoney

[@bigpants6121]

Grenfell Tower fire and making thousands of Policemen redundant ruined her time as PM!!!!

[@AndyRossism]

And the hostil4 environment as a policy, vans with 'Go home ' brng driven around. For someone so into their Faith as I understand it, she hasn't shown all that much Christian charity.

[@ginojaco]

And the fact that she could give Neville Chamberlain a run for his money as most appeasing PM in modern history.

[@Redsleather]

A woman who has no emotion concerning a (Tory) tragedy like Grenfell, but cries like a baby when losing a majority election. May is just another vile Conservative with no other interest than enriching herself and her multi millionaire hedge fund husband

[@brummie.bill-379.]

The most important things we learnt from May is you can scrape the mold off jam and it's naughty to run through wheat fields, that about sums up her premiership.

[@Evemeister12]

Awful home secretary and awful prime minister. I'll accept that she tried to get a sensible brexit deal as much as realistically possible but that's it. She deserves no more praise than Cameron, Truss, Johnson or Sunak.

[@AGNETHAFALTSK0G]

Absolutely, Botswana was disappointed that Theresa and madamme Ruth didn't donate brexit to help the aged. Poor Ruth is a gender equality pyramid selling type of scotty dolly.

[@2332southside]

Ruth Davidson is an awful interviewer. I wish she had stopped interrupting during an answer or transposing herself into the narrative. Very irritating.

[@Tannhauser62]

Oh goodness, spot on. She is awful.

[@AGNETHAFALTSK0G]

She appears to be a controlling type woman,

[@howtoappearincompletely9739]

I regard Theresa May as the last (morally) decent British Prime Minister. I'll definitely read her book ("The Abuse of Power" was it?).

[@Caesar-3el]

Morals.....hogwash

[@jeffsmith3392]

Seriously 😂

[@markd1516]

It was. I wonder what victims of the Windrush scandal would make of it.

[@jimpackard8059]

Did she not bring in Universal Credit ? Cruel decision

[@magnusbruce4051]

@@jimpackard8059 Nah, I was on UC when Cameron was in his first term.

[@DeanFWilson]

For all her flaws, she was still infinitely better than Boris. But it's time to ditch the Conservatives.

[@timcomley5948]

So we should all vote as you wish

[@herefordguy]

Do you actually remember the 2017-2019 parliament in which she was prime minister the majority of the time?

[@Boghopper9999]

​@@timcomley594880% if the population will do exactly that and vote against the Tory's

[@oxherder9061]

For what? Some conservatives wearing Red instead of Blue?

[@AS_HE_IS_SO_R_WE]

I Really Like her Sincerity... A Deep Thankyou to Theresa for Serving our Great Country... God Bless

[@powderedground78]

She's a fantastic backbencher, who holds her party to account. Especially, with how disgusting they are now!

[@scottsaunders5087]

I cannot believe how much I agree with her!

[@kennethgray1635]

A truly world class demonstration of mutual back slapping..... yuk

[@stringer-ik1pc]

Her and lizzy truss were a good enough reason never to allow a woman to become pm ever again.

[@veggie42]

No just that they had bad ideas

[@michaeladkins6]

So by that thinking Sunak and Boris should have ruined it for men.

[@andrewjg_]

A disastrous Prime Minister that we have had...

[@muhdhanif1048]

But a decent human being

[@bassfunkypenguin]

She pales in comparison with Johnson and Truss, both of whom are children pretending to be politicians

[@Alex-om1be]

She has great humility

[@audreytaylor2298]

Excellent and Teresa comes across very very well. Very impressive. I will definitely get her book.

[@AGENDA_1938]

All she says about herself, all she and the interview wants to bring across, somebody with some life experience could well recognize what she was more elevated and hence confirm: She is decent, she is humble, she is a servant, she has her heart at the right place, she is a template for how the political industry could get more accepted and as much accepted to prevail safely. Disagreements in issues can not mean to not recognize a person's and a politician's qualities. The opposite. It means to find the best common solution which then likely is second to none. Politics is not about show and entertainment. Politics is about destilling the best out of incredible complex ingredients. What she is doing right now is honorable. But she could do more in coaching future generations of the people's representatives. Anyway - all honor!

[@alaninsoflo]

This woman has no right to be talking about Social Justice.

[@veggie42]

Yep IDS and social justice no

[@bertiescunsbutch9323]

She was utterly useless at every position she held.

[@amalidesilva-mitchell764]

At a time of AI technology induced change, so pleased to hear about the importance of Values! Reduction of harms etc. Wish Teresa May another stint as PM in the future. We are back to the future as it were ...

[@jonb5493]

OK, I'll add a serious remark here. I'm not knocking the many worthy pi$$-takers ( I am one, after all, who cannot take this prez or its participants seriously): Treeza says what a weighty load it was to bear, sending the air-force off to bomb "Iraq chemical weapons factories" because "some of the [pilots] may not come back". I notice that she did not mention that some of the bombs might land on civilians who were unlucky enough to be in the wrong place at the wrong time.

[@Boghopper9999]

Reminds me of the bit in the Clerk's movie when they talk about the poor independent contractors working on the death star (2 times)

[@emmabovary9374]

Very professional and decent woman. Disappointing that it didn’t work out when she was PM.

[@jackmacfakie1387]

Thoroughly out of her depth and white anted by her colleagues. Stood as much chances as a cinder in snow.

[@mallit6153]

I believe we lost a great leader of this country prematurely ! Ruth Davidson is a Blinder Interviewer! Well done.

[@borninsoho9710]

She looks like a very warm person with good manners, i like her a lot. I’m not British but she is my favorite British PM. 🇭🇺🇬🇧

[@Michel190778]

Did she even say "Brexit and Boris ruined my time as prime minister"?

[@AGNETHAFALTSK0G]

Ruth tried to suggest she did

[@folasadegiwa6305]

thank so much miss folasadr giwa safiyat thank so much good blessing you todarry am ?

[@thomasmorin749]

Ironic that Ruth Davidson gave up politics to go and sit in the House of Lords.

[@folasadegiwa6305]

thank so much miss folasade giwa safiyat thank so good blessing you todary am ?

[@davidbosquette4798]

Actually is was Arlene Foster who did her in.

[@MZig-rw7su]

She bungled Brexit and the EU leaders snubbed her publicly. She embarrassed the country with her shortcomings.

[@gamewithadam7235]

Much more witty than Boris.

[@AS_HE_IS_SO_R_WE]

What a Majestic former PM... in such complete contrast to the former member of South West Norfolk

[@devanman7920]

I think she essentially in an impossible situation at the time. Yes mistakes were done but I genuinely think shes a capable good person unlike 99% of them.

[@Matt00740]

She absolutely was the best chance in post Brexit era to somehow save the country, yet she was sabotaged by those who lied to British people how amazing Brexit is going to be for them.

[@BossySwan]

She never believed in Brexit and her deal was therefore always going to be a half-hearted bodge.

[@commandingjudgedredd1841]

The EU is currently doing no better. It's slowly crumbling. Superstates are never a good idea. So much of this "too big to fail" mentality.going on.

[@cycleSCUBA]

​@@commandingjudgedredd1841- keep on wishing that. Wishes and hopes are all the Brexiteers have got.

[@cycleSCUBA]

@Matt00740 - 100% correct.

[@stephennoble]

She was a waste off space as PM

[@jonb5493]

Like all her successors.

[@stephennoble]

@jonb5493 All the lot are useless 😏

[@AGNETHAFALTSK0G]

My daughter found a clay pipe, Sally Morgan kindly and so very generously predicted it once had been in a man's mouth, the audience was stunned, how could Sally have known this obscure fact? Absolutely stunned the audience was, totally amazing ability, you could have heard a pin drop in the theatre, this revalation that the pipe had been in a man's mouth literally left the attendees gobsmacked!

[@geezerbutler4582]

That snap election was so opportunistic and badly executed that she self destructed. It just shows how bad it has been since that she’s getting this kind of rehabilitation.

[@walterrudich2175]

You are right. A rehabilitation she never deserved!

[@oliverdesvaux]

Spot on. Plus, the recent Laura Kuenssberg documentary on BBC says she didn’t even relay the manifesto for that rushed election with her own cabinet?! UNBELIEVABLE

[@shupingwang3392]

Hindsight made her look better than she did in her times. Which is true of almost everything.

[@comeconcon569]

I like how Theresa May nods her head in agreement as she's being interviewed.

[@Mary.Quantum426]

Her coming on to the stage dancing, was the most cringe thing I've ever seen. 😄

[@helenn6061]

Oh I can't bear her normally, but I thought she was so real in Africa (and I lived in South Africa and know how much the kids and everyone would have appreciated her getting into the mood) and so I really laughed at her self effacement at that entrance. It's funny how British the cringe response was 😂 Africans love people just getting up and singing and dancing. ❤

[@SirAntoniousBlock]

It's good these two Tories can have a laugh together after turning the country into a skip fire.

[@markashdown1314]

Clearly a decent woman.Her book is first class.

[@kuribojim3916]

I think May is a missed opportunity thanks to Brexit. I think she could have been a great PM under the right circumstances.

[@Caesar-3el]

Hogwash

[@kuribojim3916]

@@Caesar-3el Care to elaborate?

[@paulmcgroary2601]

Yes but she would never have become PM if not for Brexit.

[@garethbuckeridge6910]

No she would never have become PM if it wasn't for Gove stabbing Boris in the back at the eleventh hour.

[@TimesFM4532]

If their Tories where really like what these two women’s believe we’d be a much better country. I say as a staunch labour and member voter who would still oppose that tory party

[@9n3-]

The Labour and the conservatives have the same fiscal / global policy. They are the same essentially

[@TimesFM4532]

@@9n3- not really, Labour plans for large state investment in climate change in addition to huge devolution of power

[@9n3-]

@@TimesFM4532 we don’t need to invest in that and we certainly don’t need to devolve power we are a monarchy not communists

[@TimesFM4532]

@@9n3- communism famously being focused on democracy

[@RD-uf6gw]

So if the Tories appealed to Labour sensibilities (spoiler, they do) then you would be happier? They're to the Left of Blair's New Labour, and it's not enough for you.

[@davidoconnell4100]

Dreadful PM. Weak. Refused to see the wood for the trees. Ruth Davidson is the leader the Tories needed. Brevity and levity with a decent edge.

[@AS_HE_IS_SO_R_WE]

Theresa mentioned her involvement in setting up something to counter Modern day slavery...would be great to hear more details on this SVP (sil vous plait)!

[@scottread]

I'm not sure if that was Davidson interviewing May or Davidson revelling in the sound of her own voice.

[@albacan]

TM's Brexit fudge worked for me.

[@Thatgeekishfamily]

Many of us in the US are finding it hard and completely awful that he's going to be President again.

[@thaumaturgeishere331]

What a hypocrite!

[@BossySwan]

Bring back Ruth and Tresemmé.

[@じゃんけん無敗マドハンド-b4w]

I get missed hers voice every now and then, beautiful accents

[@PerryUK]

So the 1st Conservative Party gathering she was invited to as a young Conservative, was a 'Vicars & T@rts' party? Odd people.

[@susanwallis7249]

@PerryUK says it all really!

[@tytn9978]

One positive thing I could say about Theresa May is that she delivered an excellent tribute in the House of Commons following the death of our beloved Queen. It was personal, it had humour, it honoured Her Majesty's wisdom, and it was moving!

[@paulbrands6239]

I appreciate Theresa May, she is sincere, wise, honest and in the job for the right reasons. I do find it is time to come to realization that the typical contraposition between progressives and conservatives is in fact non sensical. The traditional "I am right and you are wrong attitude", or the implicit "they do everything wrong and we (would) do everything right" does not help the electorate nor the country. I am particularly referring to debates in the House of Commons that I follow, but also interviews with key people on "either side". Their attitude if that is the right word for it, shows us over the years how counterproductive that contrapositioning is. If we look at the magnitude of problems the world is facing, it is time to come together for the sake of well being of next generations. I saw an interview recently with Rory Stewart. When asked about the differences between Labour (progressives?) and conservatives, he answered that he considers conservatives to take more time to consider pro's and con's of solutions to issues before making decisions, being more considerate of longer term economic effects of decisions.......I felt that was a poor and unfair answer, but if that is what really differentiates progressives from conservatives, than what would be stopping them to actually closely work together. Listening to the broader, longer term objectives of either party, there is hardly any difference. The debate is mainly about how to get there.....Do we really have time for that type of debate?

[@RR-sp3ey]

Ruth is an embarrassment to Scotland. We need independence from Westminster. Scotland should be governed by people who live here, not May, Sunak, Truss and Boris.

[@fishermann1102]

Come on! Theresa May like every politicians, you want to make some money out of her stories.

[@PhillipAlcock]

She was basically kicked out because Boris and his mates said she wasn’t delivering on Brexit, but at least she was honest about the problems. Instead we had all the lies and incompetence…

[@samwright4420]

she had the worst, worst job, as PM, ever, because of the extremist on both side of brexit, a clown in the white house and the uncomponising EU, and the stubb DUP, she always kept her composure and dignity, i think not many would have the strenght to carrie on

[@MarkWhiley]

"rather than thinking about what was necessarily going to work for the whole of the country, and what I wanted to do was to deliver Brexit, but do it in a way that recognised that 48% of the country voted Remain" By not seeking bi-partisanship or even try and pull in people like Ken Clarke from your own party, repeatedly saying 'Brexit is Brexit' and absolutely fail at coming up with a negotiating position with the EU at the start of withdrawal negotiations and only really having a firm view come July 2018 at Chequers.

[@Belshay]

Well, on the other hand, at least all of that is far better than running through fields of wheat

[@Robert-tl2vg]

Woah! You must be the first to have made this joke!

[@MatgoStyles]

Yawningly lazy and predictable reference.

[@oliverdesvaux]

You’re still fawning over her tears on the steps of No.10 or her Abba tribute

[@donalobrien7582]

TESS Made & making alot of Cash. Is She going to return to Brussels. She went down a BOMB over DEAR.

[@MrJimm87]

Boris didn’t ruin her time as PM, she did by not honouring Brexit and wanting a customs union agreement

[@amalidesilva-mitchell764]

Excellent interview

[@oliverdesvaux]

Yeah, if you like fawning and self indulgent drivel.

[@Irishgui83]

I hate the way we're being spun this narrative that TM was a wholesome - yet dull and uninspiring - PM, simply because those who succeeded her have been even more awful. Both things can be - and in my opinion, are - true. They're all awful, because modern Conservatism is awful to its core. It's what and who they are. Selfish, only for the rich, punishers of the poor and vulnerable, isolationist, backward thinking, fear mongering and a danger to the democracy of the country. I'll never forget "hostile environment" TM. That's her legacy. Regardless of how much they try to retroactively attempt to make us think otherwise.

[@xoffender74]

THIS.

[@cycleSCUBA]

She cried after her departing speech at Number 10. She had the last laugh though.

[@JohnHillRSNStudios]

I think her biggest mistake was the 2017 General Election and not just getting a plan together, put it before the voters in a referendum to give them one last chance to decide what they want to do, and then move on from there. It’s been my view that the majority of voters wanted a soft Brexit not the hard one they got under Johnson.

[@j.dunlop8295]

Politicians talking about substance, rare bird that! Is there any here? Substance?

[@atlasstudionsatorino2278]

Why the mikes are sooo poor?! It’s very annoying to hear the voices going and coming. Thanks for taking care of this, the interview is excellent just disturbed by this.

[@nealeduncan5197]

You messed it up all by yourself luv

[@justinsutherland3606]

She hid too much in office and couldn't raise the support. Decent lady but too introverted to be PM. Was a much better Home Sec.

[@aceofcups3493]

i really like her personality. I wish she led from the left.