What Did Theresa May Actually Do? - Brexit Explained

With May set to leave resign from her position today, we look back on what her government actually achieved. We discuss how she got the role, the progress she made on Brexit and what she actually did besides Brexit.
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[@N.I.R.A.T.I.A.S.]

"What did Theresa May do?" Deflected a lot of the hate that should have gone to Cameron.

[@TerryClarkAccordioncrazy]

You couldn't be more spot on

[@agilemind6241]

Why? Cameron fought to keep the UK in the EU. It's not his fault the people are stupid and voted to Leave.

[@TerryClarkAccordioncrazy]

@@agilemind6241 Cameron gambled the countries future on a political stunt that he thought he could win but in the end he didn't fight the campaign well enough. He then walked away from the mess he created.

[@-NxPx-Phoenix]

@@TerryClarkAccordioncrazy it should be a consideration, that Cameron expected the outcome of referendum and it was not a gamble but a deliberate act and May was a cats paw thrown under the bus to absorb the damage. Now BoJo will step in and keep Britain and it's network as biggest tax haven in the world.

[@sdone7672]

Agilemind I'm one of those people you called "stupid" I find this a little bit insulting coming from a complete moron. I sense a name change, maybe " feebleminded f--ker"

[@raynegoaway69]

That’s a long-winded way to say “absolutely nothing”

[@PunicAtSchool]

That is a highly ignorant stance.

[@simonpark1797]

Klape yes your right , she mastered fucking up brexit negotiations after that she’s achieved nothing. I’m using the English definition of achieved meaning completed or implemented a objective or personal goal.

[@Ben31337l]

She has managed to make the UK a laughing stock of the world... She almost made trump think that he's not welcome to the UK until he figured out that it was all just fake news not to mention fuck up ALL POTENTIAL TRADE DEALS.

[@samuelthornton9179]

@@Ben31337l trading with US would be harder and worse than the EU

[@Ben31337l]

@@samuelthornton9179 Yeah, it wont be as bad as the replacing all whites narritive

[@AndreSomers]

Fun fact: that banning of single-use plastics like straws and coffee-stirrers comes from... the EU :-)

[@Madhattersinjeans]

grasping at straws really aren't they.

[@ferretchief]

I'm sure you know that many of the Brexiteers who voted Leave for the sake of sovereignty can not actually name one law that the EU "forces" on us that they disagree with. Then the ones that do make a big deal over one issue because, in their minds, the exception proves the rule.

[@robduncan599]

Can anyone else remember when only very small children used straws ! Seams we are unable to drink out of a cup these days . Just as we're unable to figure out Brexit was / is peddled by hucksters .

[@felixleidinger1670]

@HazardousPleb V ...even if, "housing the third world" is not a policy the EU has anything to do with, those kinds of policies are national, the EU has no legal stake in those. Could have but hasnt. Unless you consider Eastern European States like Poland "Third World states" which, even considering the terminology is objectively untrue. Those racist refugee dogwhistles against the EU get quite boring with time, dont you think?

[@felixleidinger1670]

@HazardousPleb V I am not so sure about who wants to mislead here. Then please enlighten me, what primary or secondary EU legislation does force the UK to accept immigrants from "third world countries?

[@amyshaw893]

her "declining internal support"? did she have osteoporosis?

[@LuisAldamiz]

It's called Eurosclerosis, arterosclerosis and multiple sclerosis for europhiles and europhobes alike, as long as the are European...

[@southerncharity7928]

Shedding her skin

[@fractalwalrus5409]

Nah just suffocating on bullshit.

[@LuisAldamiz]

@Carlos Saraiva - No, radical revolutionary leftist actually, great fan of the Kurdish Revolution, why?

[@LuisAldamiz]

@Carlos Saraiva - You must understand that we ultraleftists are not pro-EU nor anti-EU, we are pro socialist Europe with a Swiss-style democracy. I'm "of age" sure, but that's not the issue here, the issue is that "two choices" are just not enough choices.

[@Piperlup]

Let’s not forget the draconian internet security and privacy policies.

[@QALibrary]

or the 22,000 police officers taken off the books due to budget cuts and also do not forget the national ID that you need to have to claim any befits or interact with any government departments

[@Munkenba]

Between the soon to be implemented porn ban, and her ban of certain rappers for offensive lyrics while she was home secretary, Theresa May begins to look like that mum from school who's kid you just felt sorry for

[@Munkenba]

@Sander Skovly It's coming, I think in a few weeks time. It won't be banned as such, but you'll have to prove your age and identify yourself to watch it. There's a company they contracted to run it, and soon in some random vulnerable server room, every uk citizen's name will be attached to the porn they watch. Which sounds like potentially the most valuable personal data in the world for a hacker to get a hold of. No way will that be safe.

[@RichGwilliam]

@Sander Skovly Theresa May's Wanking Licence, yeah. Comes into effect this month, so to speak.

[@mypointofview1111]

@@Munkenba No data the govt has ever had is safe. We remember those leaks from documents left on trains? We need MORE transparency from govt. I want to know every sordid bit of their lives before I tell them about mine

[@bificommander7472]

"She grew our channel. So hey, good job on that."

[@dlilwon]

bificommander 😅

[@dinogplayer3640]

This video will be a marvellous piece of revision for A level Students and University students in the future

[@stevkyt2374]

I'm detecting a certain amount of bias between the lines. Many people come here for information, not to be influenced. For every positive thing May did, you try to absolve her. I did trust you...

[@dinogplayer3640]

stevkyt I just said this because I just shows the opinion of one person online. In history there’s always going to be different opinions and that’s why you need to analyse the wider perspective. Maybe people in the future might agree/disagree with this video, but it still works a piece of historic evidence nevertheless

[@wschippr1]

stevkyt There's no such thing as unbiased reporting. You can try and minimize bias, but it cannot be eliminated. Even just picking what to cover is a form of bias.

[@gentlemanvontweed7147]

@@dinogplayer3640 The only correct opinion is that only unpatriotic traitors voted to Remain.

[@digital_jm]

You guys are probably one of the only sources of news and information that I can think of that exists, well, anywhere and doesn't give an unbiased view. And if you do give your opinion, its expressed explicitly. Well done chaps! This is the sort of coverage the world needs, not just in politics but, across the board!

[@LeeSwaggington]

I am someone who was working primarily with charities and the NHS. Was being the word, this government may have made the country money but it was by starving the people, the charities I worked with had funding cut severely by the government and the NHS is so heavily understaffed and they treat the remaining staff like dirt so they leave. Even after losing a job to government cuts and leaving the NHS job for the awful treatment, I went into engineer work. This company is now closing because we are a small business who primarily worked with a German company but they have now cut contracts because they obviously don't feel Britain's industry is reliable. This is not including the fact I was in need of the mental health services and I was told I would have to wait 18 weeks to be referred to an adhd clinic at the same time as not being able to find proper help for other me tal health issues. This tory government spat me out and stomped on me in my time of need and has done repeatedly, I lost total faith in them and whoever is next can't be any better.

[@Relisysification]

I'm sorry to hear your dismay regarding what has happened since 2010 with how the government has handled things. I have worked with people in financial difficulty, then worked for a company also with ties with Germany that had to make redundancies as a result of how brexit is being handled. I've also been a carer for a less supported mother and my wife was crapped on by the education system the government had instated (specifically as a new teacher in an academy opened by Cameron) So I can feel a lot of sympathy for your situation I hope that you are now getting the support you need

[@baronDioxid]

Economic liberalism in action. As someone who lived lived under a conservative government for 12 long years I can tell you it's the same in Germany. Social services were cut to death and the unemployment statistics are low because the cattle is being bullied into low-paying fixed-term jobs by the responsible public authority, but at least "the economy" is doing well, regardless of how the actual citizens are doing. And the social democrats were absolutely useless during that. There's a reason the greens are getting votes (literally) left and right.

[@lewisarmstrong-lamb6380]

Lets not forget it was a Labour government that got us into the financial mess that the tories had to get us out of. Although I don't really think slashing NHS and mental health funding is a great way to do it. I totally agree with you that I have no faith in the Tories or Labour and would probably never vote for either of them again. The Lib Dems embarrassed themselves with promises they couldn't keep in the coalition. I don't even know who i would vote for if there was another general election.

[@Grim_Beard]

@@lewisarmstrong-lamb6380 Labour didn't get us into the mess - it was an international financial crisis (although bailing out private, for-profit banks was a bad solution by Brown) - and the Tories didn't get us out of it.

[@Wichnam]

"What Did Theresa May Actually Do?" Answer "Ticking down the Clock."

[@bakersmileyface]

To be fair to her, she was a pretty average PM. We've had worse and our next one will more than likely be worse. It's just that she backstabbed everyone with the whole brexit fiasco. She would have done much better if the whole country wasn't focused on brexit. But it was and it was her herself that chose to step in after brexit. We make decisions and live with the consequences. So she can only blame herself.

[@Wichnam]

She was put in for Brexit honestly, nothing more... She made some terrible mistakes, the EU warned about to not rush Art 50, to discuss first. But pressure forced her to do well... simply put? Open Pandoras Box.

[@Ben31337l]

@@Wichnam I'll tell you what she did do, She capitulated to the EU at every turn, while simultaneously saying "Strong and stable", She demolished our negotiating position from a strong one to one where we would crash out and be punished with a credit score because we "promised" that 39 billion pounds of which we don't actually owe.

[@jacobnighthorse7893]

@@Wichnam corbyn demanded she hurry up and trigger it

[@MaticT]

Short awnser: Nothing Long awnser: Absolutley nothing

[@supraboy33]

100% nothing 🤣

[@jameslewis2635]

To put May's achievements in the shortest possible description: She has taken a party with a decent majority and made it dependent on the DUP for getting policies through. Otherwise she has failed utterly to address the Brexit issue in anything like a sensible manner essentially dooming the country to years of arguments on the issue and attempted to claim the achievements of her forebares as her own.

[@cultfiction3865]

James Lewis the odds were against both in and out of parliament but her downfall was all of her own making. When she called a snap election she foolishly tried to implement seriously unpopular policies and she was pretty much doomed from that point on because it became too obvious that she was a fool. And once the house have noticed that they are less likely to conform with a leader that doesn’t have the intelligence to use foresight. The next leader should be a heavyweight brexiteer without a doubt. Dominic raab or boris johnson

[@tomasroma2333]

She didny really have a decent majority to begin with. It was pretty narrow.

[@Ben31337l]

The party is trying to get boris out of the picture.

[@cultfiction3865]

Tomás Roma well they had to get the DUP on board simply because May had tried to implement unpopular policies such as legalising fox hunting and other such moral abominations. Obviously she was gonna lose a majority trying to put such controversial policies through. It became clear at that point that she was too foolish to be effective in negotiations.

[@tomasroma2333]

Cult Fiction I was referring to before the 2017 election.

[@andrewwong8888]

What did May do? Well... she May have done something ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@jurgenforster8314]

This guy 😂🤣🤣🤣

[@Leomann88]

ayyy lmao

[@andrewmoore4429]

The farmers sure didn’t appreciate her leadership, all those damaged fields of wheat. 😔

[@politicalhorizon2000]

Nothing. Unless you count more tax cuts to the already rich.

[@samuelmoore8611]

In terms for jobs I also need to point out, if you are work 1 hour a fortnight, this government says you are in full time employment. This government alters figures and lies about others

[@MalcolmCooks]

the government reduced unemployment by cutting benefits and using sanctions to coerce poor people into accepting exploitative jobs

[@legomovieman2]

+MalcolmCooks Absolutely a victim of this.

[@helicongremory8480]

@Lorem Ipsum I'd rather sit on my arse all day than work for 5/hour.

[@George-jt1rs]

@Lorem Ipsum your a idiot look up how many people have died from the role out of universal credit it's disgusting

[@Munrid]

T. May - I really messed this thing up. B. Johnson - Hold my beer...

[@socialminds9894]

Thank you for this TLDR News. This was a great video!

[@vladsnape6408]

What did May do? Sweet f*** all.

[@fractalwalrus5409]

Raised poverty and crime?

[@George-jt1rs]

Yea her government managed to kill over 100k brits from the role out if universal credit

[@TheGerkuman]

On the housing issue, it doesn't help that the government (and the companies building the houses) doesn't want to build cheaper homes. They're running on the idea of trickle-down housing, and that's never worked. So they build lots of big and medium sized homes, then say that their budget was wrong to try and get out of building the social homes. It's awful

[@Fauntleroy.]

Same thing happening all over the USA.

[@willhowson6627]

Its a profitability issue. I work in RE in the US and the issue is materials and labor make median income houses (in my area 125,000) unprofitable to build. The real money is in custom homes etc.

[@Grim_Beard]

@@willhowson6627 There's a simple solution to that: non-profit house building (e.g. council houses for rent or to be sold to residents - not speculators or landlords - at cost).

[@dog-ez2nu]

Trickle down anything doesn't work. You'd think Conservatives would understand supply and demand. Greater supply of houses please. But then again, austerity. Whether its killing off the NHS or stopping construction of a tidal power station - doesn't make any sense either (even ignoring tax cuts for the rich). Supply to match demand? Building new infrastructure to stimulate business? No. Cool. 10 more years of slow death? Yes.

[@jaylarkin2000]

not only that, the houses are built with planned obsolescence in mind, i will be surprised if half the "new building" will stay standing in 20 years or so

[@zZzZzyxel]

Was slightly confused by the title.

[@ChristianIce]

You can always ask Father Mayii for clarifications :)

[@Kj16V]

No you may not!!

[@laszlomeszaros247]

What did the Conservatives ever do for us????

[@gentlemanvontweed7147]

@@laszlomeszaros247 They've kept Britain British while all those leftists a liberal-fascists are trying to convert all of our pubs into mosques.

[@poodtang2104]

I honestly couldn't think of anything.

[@Kit-Talon]

What did Mrs May do? Wasted a whole lot of time.

[@ameyas7726]

No she didn't...other that Brexit issue, she was a decent PM for UK continuing some of the good work of the previous administration(s)..

[@keelanraymond]

@@ameyas7726 Top marks for the porn ban, female ejaculation is an affront against God.

[@R.-.]

Just think in 3 years we could have restructured our economy to implement a successful hard Brexit. Instead all we get is a barrage of propaganda "educating" us how terrible a hard Brexit will be (if we did nothing to prepare for it). Oh they did spaff a few million on some ferries or something as a pathetic joke. How did we ever survive WW2 let alone win it?

[@mranimazing2190]

TLDR: What Did Theresa May Actually Do? Me: *...The Aqueduct?*

[@LandBark]

and the Wine!

[@DivingDog0]

Damn Romans. Ruling our country from Rome. Taking our grain, giving us back these Emperor laws, and leaving us with ideas like aqueducts and roads. We should leave them and bring an end to the Roman Age. What was the next Age again?

[@viveladecadence]

I am so happy I'm not the only one who was reminded of this!

[@LuisAldamiz]

@@DivingDog0 - The Arthurian legend, good for tabletop RP I guess, otherwise...

[@TheMixCurator]

Didn't she crush some saboteurs or something? Apart from that, her legacy is "Strong and stable" "nothing has changed, NOTHING" and the old classic byline "Brexit means brexit". Yes means yes, no means no, etc. She also did that nifty little dance once when walking on stage. Oh, and windrush. And Grenfell. Hostile environments. And those really expensive trousers she wore once. I think her legacy will show that her time in the home office and Downing st was a bit of a mess really.

[@snowcold5932]

She ran in the wheat fields!

[@nagualdesign]

@@snowcold5932 She was such a naughty girl!

[@pseudonayme7717]

I'm actually glad we had her, so people can see how utterly vapid and corrupt conservatives/conservatism are/is.

[@ymeynot0405]

It is funny watching the 11:30 mark in late 2022 after Covid and the Truss fuck up.

[@davedogge2280]

Bugger all..

[@ixaldorran7867]

And she was very good at it.

[@mypointofview1111]

Let's not forget the Snooper's charter. Straight from the Stalin era of Communism, Uncle Joe would be so proud.

[@MoonatikYT]

I'm reminded of this Spitting Image clip from around the time Thatcher fell. "Following his surprise resignation, on tonight's Special Edition of Spitting Image, will be looking at all the achievements of Sir Geoffrey Howe ... Right, moving on."

[@mbeechey]

When you say "several studies and measures now suggest ..." (12:05), can you please cite them somewhere? Unless you just refer to those you state in the video thereafter, in which case it's not really fair to say several, but "single", as you only cite the ONS as a source. I appreciate what you guys do, but having a citation list somewhere in the description would be a great improvement you can make relatively easily.

[@Ben31337l]

This is a comment I can approve of and apply to most youtubers!

[@calebagnes2050]

I know this is not a popular opinion but I think may has done the best she could, she seems to have been trying her best for this country and doing what she thought was the best path for the country. She had the hardest job to try unite a country and government split not only by parties but by Brexit and so for that she has my respect. Brexit itself has many negative impact but personally I don't think we should plaster those on may as her fault, we the people voted for it and she was trying to execute the way she thought we wanted which was impossible. I don't deny she has made mistakes but I think her commitment is admirable and she has my respect.

[@KnowYoutheDukeofArgyll1841]

Don't go giving respect to some one time serving Prime Minister who was, and still is in the World Economic Forum. When a serving politician is a member of an interfering NGO such as the WEF, it is a clash of loyalties. She is a globalist.

[@mimistar1427]

How many adverts does one video need? It's extremely annoying when you are trying to pay attention to detail of the video and there is constant disruption... flipping heck! 😒

[@seanet1310]

If it wasn't for Brexit results it is highly unlikely May would have ever become PM. May chose to get into the role and should have known what she was getting into. Her leadership failed to successfully set a proper start and roadmap. She had poor political planning, she shot herself in the foot with the election she didn't need to have but was too egotistical to pass up the challenge. If she had been watching Australian politics she could have know the disaster she was likely unleashing but that was not to be She will be remembered as a failures with almost no memories of the other policies the UK has passed under her

[@ameyas7726]

Yeah but the fact remains that she took up the leadership of the country at a time nobody else wanted to take up leadership...Most Brexiteers like Farage and remainers alike like Camoron abandoned ship and ran away..

[@andrewmarkham]

TLDR News - great video, thank you for your work! However if I'm not mistaken you seem to be using the words "deficit" and "debt" interchangeably here, when they're not the same thing. It would be great if you could make that more clear in future videos (or even make a video on it yourselves!)

[@andrewmarkham]

In particular I'm referring to 11:35 where you say "It's only right as the economy begins to naturally recover that national debt levels become ever more managable", whilst showing the graphic of the fall of the *deficit*. Thanks all the same for these videos!

[@joefox9875]

Also 'parliament' and 'cabinet'. 7.02 "[The Brexit Withdrawal Bill was] now backed by her new parliament". She never consulted the house and that turned out to be rather a problem!

[@pacoramirez7363]

Only in Britain is “a bloody difficult woman” a compliment.

[@HG_1879]

May should be prime minister still, but she was dealt a horrible hand with Brexit

[@101Phase]

I'm surprised you left out the leadership challenge at the end of 2018. I would say the failure of that challenge (and the subsequent grace period as per conservative party rules) helped her stay in office way longer than she otherwise would have

[@Relisysification]

Is anyone going to point out that even with the DUP since members left for the independent group the conservatives have 313, adding 10 in a confidence deal doesn't take them over the majority threshold...

[@DylanSargesson]

323 with Government and C+S, with a proper majority requiring 320. 650 - 7 (Sinn Fein) - 4 (Speakers) =639 voting members

[@mmmgi6763]

Great video I believe that is all that needs to be said

[@henryhunter9643]

I love this page so much. Nothing but pure facts, no political bias, and rips apart all the nonsense of the current state of UK politics.

[@emmaherron5121]

Now we write essays about the fall of Thatcher. Soon we’ll be writing essays about the fall of May.

[@shubhamsagarsingh9451]

Fall of Thatcher?

[@spoopytime9928]

What I learned from this channel and googling stuff about the UK: Against weathers above 30 degrees celcius, the British are as strong and stable as Britain under May's leadership.

[@bakersmileyface]

She was an average PM. She would have done well if she didn't step in after the brexit vote. She bit more than she could chew and paid for it. Didn't help that she kind of backstabbed brexiters though. So much for "No deal is better than a bad deal"

[@bakersmileyface]

@@JRWall-hf9mq Anthony Eden

[@PapaDino]

Your videos are excellent, keep up the good work

[@emersonmurphy9718]

Great video - really nicely balanced

[@wolfypunk3626]

Previously On Brexit...

[@dstinnettmusic]

Regardless of the video, the auto closed captions made Teresa May as "Trees Amaze"

[@jezollie123]

Great work on the videos. This is the first source I go to for politics. Video idea: What would a Corbyn/Farage/Boris Britain look like?

[@gentlemanvontweed7147]

Corbyn? The Union Jack would have a hammer and sickle added to it. Farage? True, patriotic Britian ruling the seas again.

[@marcperez2598]

@@gentlemanvontweed7147 sorry buddy, but Britain can barely rule itself. It ain't ruling the sees any time soon. Not with the US navy around. And Corbyn 1) not Communist and 2) better than Farage

[@jacobnighthorse7893]

Under farage it would be democratic and Mass immigration would stop

[@jacobnighthorse7893]

@@gentlemanvontweed7147 and former churches

[@Snaily]

Have you replaced your microphone at some point recently? I'm not talking about the lower echoes in recent videos, I mean how much clearer it sounds now.

[@WebertHest]

Could you link articles to the various bits you are referencing? For example, the Barnier taking apart the red lines bit? I found articles from Jan 2019, but that sounds too late in the timeframe.

[@chriscolabella880]

Amazed you got fifteen minutes out of this.

[@matiasguardaredes]

A new record: five KZbin ads in a 15 minute video. Might as well be watching TV

[@alexn8583]

Much better introduction lads. I understand you need to make money with advertising your merch.. much better now it caught my attention and wasnt to much it put me off watching the rest of the video good job. I feel like you listened to my previous comment 😂

[@AdelWolf]

"Ring-fencing" led me down an interesting Wikihole - learn something new every day!

[@SuperSonicBlur]

Here's the Tldr on the Tldr: Nothing of any benefit.

[@lookowl4693]

I’ve been told that the numbers for unemployment gets smudged. Partly by zero hour contracts and partly by putting people on JSA onto “employability courses” where they can then say that person is “in training”

[@steve08717]

also in universal credit you can work for 21 hours and still sign on they double count them as employed or unemployed as it suits them

[@KimiFan2002]

She never stood a chance tbh. But, as it seems to be these days, the Tories could come out saying that they hate British people, and they would still earn a landslide majority. People will always support their favourite, no matter how damaging the party could be to the country….

[@Elkott]

She ran the country into the ground and guaranteed the end of the UK with Scotland leaving

[@CashelOConnolly]

Hopefully the North of Eire too 🇮🇪

[@pedrolmlkzk]

Why would Scotland would be leaving?

[@Derperfier]

pedrolmlkzk to join the eu. All of Scotland voted for remain, English and welsh idiots don’t realise.

[@pedrolmlkzk]

@@Derperfier that if the EU will have them back

[@gentlemanvontweed7147]

@@Derperfier The problem with Scotland is that there are too many Scotts. Time to send the redcoats up north again.

[@jopink7674]

Confirmed that we need a Leave leader in charge of a massive Leave referendum.

[@mysteriousfox88]

party above nation and scuttled this sinking ship even faster lolol

[@Mitjitsu]

When she started coming out with statements like "Brexit means Brexit" and "I want a red white and blue Brexit". That was a clear sign of what was to come.

[@six2six397]

"Unemployment is at a record low" is something i find incredibly hard to believe when the gov has been proven to manipulate these in many ways. Realistically it is registered unemployment not pushed onto mandatory vocational training is at a record low. I'm curious what the unemployment rate would be if it included those who recieve financial aid to top up their earnings to a liveable rate

[@jurgenforster8314]

Deficit and Debt ... I need to know more in relation to UK

[@jameshumphreys9715]

Although, May did join the remain side, it was after Tusk came to UK, Cameron asked Tusk to get May on side; this was in documentary: Inside of Europe, 10 years of turmoil: we quit.

[@flybydeath]

She also was originally a Remainer. It's funny how that is absent in this video....

[@lakak4056]

"What did Theresa May do?" Answer destroy the trust of the British people in British politics!!!!!

[@101Phase]

Simply put, she did what most politicians would do in her resignation speech: over-exaggerate the positives, selectively leaving out caveats and take credit for things she had little involvement in

[@AlexM-oy2kp]

I'm confused as to whether the figures starting around 10:20 refer to debt or deficit - two very different (albeit related) measures. You seem to be using the terms interchangeably, but they're really not the same thing (any more than position and speed are the same).

[@silverybound]

Deficit. His use of 'it' was referring to the Deficit part of May's speech.

[@williamhoffman7009]

This was a concise yet very thorough piece of reporting. Thank you.

[@MrMaxemme]

You forgot to say that Andrea Leadsom lied on her cv.

[@Saqu0007]

There’s a difference between debt and deficit. The first is how much you owe and the second is the difference between your expenditure and income over a period of time.

[@colman123456]

I mean, the question is, what could she have done? She pretty much was screwed from the beginning. Screwed by her predecessor, screwed by her party, and yes, screwed by her own country. The British people voted for having their cake and eating it. May never had a chance to fulfill that demand.

[@unazwetschge]

Why so many ads????

[@louisswanepoel1614]

Clearly she did DO something, but...but...but nothing really. MAYby a lot of talking and having an attitude of her plan or no plan(inflexibility). The UK is a mess.

[@logy7]

Is anyone happy with her hair in real life either?

[@scrooge-mcduck]

A very kind summary of a very mediocre party politician.

[@nunyabusiness7858]

She was a caretaker PM, which would have been fine if the building wasn't on fire.

[@erikaspausen]

Because its not opinion based and more fact based as it should be

[@slinkerdeer]

HAHAHA I just got an add for this video saying “When was the last time you did nothing? And I mean nothing” Just ask Theresa May xD

[@NotHPotter]

At least Boris Johnson's hair graphic ought to be much more animated.

[@artfuldodger9312]

More to the point, what didn't May do? She didn't deliver Brexit like she promised over and over again.

[@Ben31337l]

Queue the brexit means brexit montarge!

[@dm0065]

With a title like that how is this video 15 minutes long?

[@TheGinger1]

I’m sure May’s graphic will make many cameo appearances when the next PM keeps blaming her for their ineptitude.

[@egnazia]

Thé ban on single use plastic is, of course, neither May’s nor Gove’s’ , but rather a European initiative 🙄

[@haroldinho9930]

“As one United Kingdom” Northern Ireland and Scotland wanting to leave because of brexit: ...

[@davekincla9818]

Excellent summation. What an unremitting mess we are in.

[@mrhpijl]

0:49 "as one 'United Kingdom' " like what you did there

[@yehoshuamoleman]

@ some think that the UK might not be so united with talk of scottish independence and NI reunification.

[@gerry6612]

When May and co say that unemployment is down, what about the unemployed that don't claim benefits

[@ashleyjames6482]

Trew :-) dat

[@ashleyjames6482]

Trew dat ..

[@Kelkschiz]

9:25 As far as wars go, the Falklands War and the Iraq War were relatively minor ones, certainly not major ones.

[@snowcold5932]

For wars in general yes, but they're the biggest wars the UK took part in since WW2

[@provokaatio]

Just don't do it man.

[@adamloxley2551]

No mention of Windrush? Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

[@tombenjamin9924]

Can you do a video on the Robin Tilbrook Brexit Case?

[@SjajZvezde]

Love the last sentence, quite unexpected :)

[@Greenpoloboy3]

Not very much

[@zachtong5985]

Again an excellent explanation that allows us to see the entirety of her term and the circumstances of her being PM, a job no one else sought because of the enormous difficulty at achieving concensus after Cameron's decision to seek a referendum, the worst mistake of any PM since Chamberlain. Having been in parliament for 20 years what possessed her to seek the position with no good outcome likely. Was the outcome made easier by the fact she is a woman whereas a man might have been better able to maintain party discipline. Might a member like Hacker in 'Yes Minister' comedy which was so entertaining to Americans had an easier time of it, or if even Hacker would have declined to seek the position.

[@MsJubjubbird]

It began to unravel the day she took the oath. She inherited a hot mess that no one had thought through

[@HisShadow]

Nothing. People voted to leave the EU and what she gave the people was the UK still a part of the EU but without the ability to vote in anything the EU does. So her plan was to turn the UK into a colony. Good job!

[@David_Bower]

By any measure May's premiership has been a catalogue of failure.

[@billgowland3250]

Where there was harmony she brought discord Where there was hope she brought despair Yes this ladies definitely fit for burning

[@newstartyt3700]

just wait till you see Liz Truss!

[@Jodonho]

Sometimes a "safe pair hands " is the most dangerous person to run a country.

[@rohannair9945]

She tried her best

[@ollieedwardes1461]

You've confused the deficit with our debt. The deficit is the difference between government spending and revenue, which is what May talked about in her speech and is genuinely nearly eliminated. The nation is the sum of previous deficits and is the amount we owe as a country. The two are fundamentally different things and you shouldn't be confusing them.

[@janhendrikharmse969]

Borres Johnson had the worst photo at the end there 🤭

[@jaylafunk5764]

Where is Andrea Leadsom or Esther McVey when you show the possible next Conservative leaders??

[@mollyjones9093]

Well unless you count the fact that she and her cronies made the British nation a complete laughing stock - Nothing !!!