Theresa May Press Conference Speech

[Northern Monkey]

What a nightmare.First a protester gets to the stage and gives her a pretend P45 and then her voice failed her.She apparently did 26 TV interviews yesterday and it knackered her throat.
I thought she did well to finish it.She’ll be glad that’s over.

[Cherie]

What a nightmare.First a protester gets to the stage and gives her a pretend P45 and then her voice failed her.She apparently did 26 TV interviews yesterday and it knackered her throat.
I thought she did well to finish it.She’ll be glad that’s over.

felt for her

[joeysteele]

Even when powers that be are telling her to stop talking she as usual was not willing to listen

I did feel a bit for her however, this is though a speech she should have made sure she was absolutely on top form for.

[Brother Leon]

The Labour Conference proved a popular thread here, so it's only fair the Strong and Stable leadership gets their thread too.

Oh. What a mess it was.. :laugh:

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Remember everyone...Strong and Stable leadership :clap1:

[Vanessa]

That guy handing her the P45 :joker:

[DemolitionRed]

Borris and his 'flat-rate tax' speech again! He even praised Romania, a country where inequality makes Britain look like Disney Land. This is a man who's prepared to sacrifice democracy to line his own pockets... disgusting traitor of a man.

[Oliver_W]

Maybe she should have had yesterday "off" so she could save her voice (and her performance) for today, but heyho, maybe it's lesson learned for next time, if she's still Tory leader then :)

[joeysteele]

Never seen a PMs conference speech like it with so much going wrong.
After all the hype and planned presentation even nature goes against her.

[Crimson Dynamo]

she reminds me of a young Roy Hodgson

[Vicky.]

Strong and stable my arse. She is weak...I kind of feel sorry for her as after the election results she will have been so embarrassed and likely wants to step down and I think she has been told she HAS to stay to oversee the brexit disaster so that she can be blamed for it when it all goes wrong...then someone else can glide in on a white carriage to 'save the day'.

Surely even Tory voters see her as a bit of a joke now? I don't actually know many people who admit to voting Tory but the few I do know think may is terrible as PM

[smudgie]

Considering everything that could go wrong did go wrong, she gave a very good speech.
Now she must rest that voice ready for the next stint.

[Oliver_W]

I do feel a bit bad for her.

Like I said in the other thread, maybe she should have had yesterday off so she could have saved her voice, made sure she was on tiptop form today, and she could practice what she wanted to say from her home.

I notice none of the featured tweets are attacking the actual content of what May said ... I wouldn't expect better from Owen Jones though ;) I'll watch it back/read a transcript later, get an idea of how good what she actually said was :)

[Jack_]

A tad concerning that someone (with a history for this sort of thing too) can come so close to our highest elected official tbh, but that's the most amusing stunt Simon Brodkin has done in a while so :clap2:

I notice none of the featured tweets are attacking the actual content of what May said ... I wouldn't expect better from Owen Jones though ;)

Oh really?

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[Nicky91]

just as strong stable leadership as the F who couldn't be stable on the board, that works or everyone :joker:

[Jack_]

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[Niamh.]

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Neither strong nor Stable *

[Oliver_W]

Oh really?


Which of those tweets were featured in the OP?

[DemolitionRed]

In policy terms, there were two significant announcements: on housebuilding and on an energy price cap. Both could have come straight out of an Ed Miliband speech, and in this respect the speech confirms that it is Labour that is setting the agenda.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/blog/live/2017/oct/04/conservative-conference-2017-theresa-may-to-announce-council-house-building-programme-politics-live?page=with:block-59d4cb89e4b06733cbfa0c76#block-59d4cb89e4b06733cbfa0c76

That aside, May just confirmed that 6 million people will be left without benefit payments for 6 weeks (over Xmas) and we are leaving the EU with no deal people, so start buying your gold krugers now before they've all been snapped up.

Its like watching a piss up in a brewery.

[jaxie]

I thought there was already a thread on this?

I think it's worrying that the guy got close enough to her to hand over a P45, what if he'd had some sort of weapon? Even a pencil could be a weapon if jabbed in the eye. The security there needs a serious look at.

[Scarlett.]

I thought there was already a thread on this?

I think it's worrying that the guy got close enough to her to hand over a P45, what if he'd had some sort of weapon? Even a pencil could be a weapon if jabbed in the eye. The security there needs a serious look at.

It was Lee Nelson, not some random nutter :laugh:

[bots]

she could stand on stage and take a dump, and it would still be better than anything Corbyn could do.

[Oliver_W]

It was Lee Nelson, not some random nutter :laugh:

But unless the security used to watch BBC Three about five years ago, they wouldn't know that.

[Withano]

A closeup of the P45 says under reason for leaving "neither strong nor stable" :joker:

[Withano]

Also, this is the guy who threw hundreds of nazi decorated golf balls towards Trump when he visited Scotland, he's becoming a bit of a legend

[Vicky.]

A closeup of the P45 says under reason for leaving "neither strong nor stable" :joker:

:D

[Withano]

she could stand on stage and take a dump, and it would still be better than anything Corbyn could do.

Evidently, thats pretty much a metaphor for her entire election campaign.

[Wizard.]

:joker:

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[Vicky.]

:joker:

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Is that her real account?

Surprised to find she has a sense of humor if so. Very good :laugh:

[Crimson Dynamo]

its a mess and she is a mess and unless she goes labour could probably defeat her, that is how bad she is

the days of the slogan, the BS, the fake PC politicians who are scared to say "dead people" or "no my prayers are not with the families because 1. that is a BS fake platitude and 2. prayer to who, the fictitious god in the big invisible sky F off and dont ask me another stupid question again you obsequious twat" are gone

We need people who say what they mean and mean what they say

and if you get upset or dont like it tough, go make a cup of tea and vote for someone else. Wait what Twitter is outraged? Good tell them to f off and get a hobby



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[Kizzy]

Her security team will be in for it, this could have been anyone handing her anything :/

[Northern Monkey]

Neither strong nor Stable *

The leaving date too :laugh:

[Kizzy]

Is that her actual given annual income ( as declared) £149k? so she is just outside the 45% tax bracket?.....what a surprise :/

[Kizzy]

Outside they were all chanting that about the letter falling and the coughing, they were yelling ..F cough! and F off! ;)

[Kizzy]

Advice for the manufacturers of 'maybot'

Building a country that works for everyone

[arista]

What a nightmare.First a protester gets to the stage and gives her a pretend P45 and then her voice failed her.She apparently did 26 TV interviews yesterday and it knackered her throat.
I thought she did well to finish it.She’ll be glad that’s over.


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[Kizzy]

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Lee Nelson is quite well known tbf he is a well known prankster.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comedy/comedians/comedian-simon-brodkin-aka-lee-nelson-controversial-stunts/

[DemolitionRed]

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Unknown! You've been missing out arista.

[jaxie]

I think she should probably step down soon. We do need a period of stability with Brexit but she has lost all credibility.

[TomToWin]

Everyone so concerned about TM'S job.What about ours, surely this is what everyone should be focusing on.

[DemolitionRed]

Everyone so concerned about TM'S job.What about ours, surely this is what everyone should be focusing on.

No, this is what she should be focussing on. She is employed by us.

[DemolitionRed]

The Conservative Party is locked in a “Mexican stand-off” as plotters prepare to try and force Prime Minister Theresa May from office.

A group of around 30 MPs, including former ministers, is planning to go to party whips next week and ask that she stands down now “with dignity”.

The rebel MPs include people who served in David Cameron’s administration and a number favour Home Secretary Amber Rudd as a successor.

Boris Johnson’s chances of launching a challenge appear to have hit the rocks, with MPs “alienated” by his public interventions which destabilised Ms May during party conference.

The annual gathering of the party faithful ended with a disastrous speech from Ms May, which saw her subject to a comedian’s prank, losing her voice in a coughing fit and standing in front a disintegrating stage set.

One of the people supporting the plot told The Independent: “There have been lots of conversations, and there are around 30 to 35 names.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/theresa-may-leadership-plot-boris-johnson-amber-rudd-tory-mps-mexican-stand-off-a7985376.html

[waterhog]

What a nightmare.First a protester gets to the stage and gives her a pretend P45 and then her voice failed her.She apparently did 26 TV interviews yesterday and it knackered her throat.
I thought she did well to finish it.She’ll be glad that’s over.

so hard to watch - will try and deliver a rhyme on this but got to go doctors first - coff on way.:shrug:

[Brillopad]

Strong and stable my arse. She is weak...I kind of feel sorry for her as after the election results she will have been so embarrassed and likely wants to step down and I think she has been told she HAS to stay to oversee the brexit disaster so that she can be blamed for it when it all goes wrong...then someone else can glide in on a white carriage to 'save the day'.

Surely even Tory voters see her as a bit of a joke now? I don't actually know many people who admit to voting Tory but the few I do know think may is terrible as PM

Whether you like her or not the ‘weak’ thing to do would be to slink away from all the personal attacks and derogatory rhetoric, often from those with a clear agenda. Just go quietly to save face.

Anyone who thinks it is the easy option to stand up there and take it have a strange perception of what makes a person ‘weak’.

[Vicky.]

Whether you like her or not the ‘weak’ thing to do would be to slink away from all the personal attacks and derogatory rhetoric, often from those with a clear agenda. Just go quietly to save face.

Anyone who thinks it is the easy option to stand up there and take it have a strange perception of what makes a person ‘weak’.

I'm sure she would love to, and I can't blame her for that tbh

[bots]

May is a socially awkward person, so she is at a distinct disadvantage to begin with. She really isn't leader material. She isn't a motivator, she clearly isn't an organiser as she couldn't mobilise the party faithful at the election. She is insular, trusting only a few of her closest advisors, so when they mess up, like they did at the last election, she was completely vulnerable.

Everyone has there own way, and there is no right or wrong if it gets the results. But May didn't get the results expected of her. She was 100% responsible for that failure and she cannot recover from that. She won't fight the next election as leader of the party whenever that happens to be, but there is equally no reason to rush the appointment of a new leader. A year to 18 months before the next election is plenty time for a new leader to find their feet.