02/07/2016 00:00
Just seven days after the European Union referendum madness and the favourite to be named new prime minister is Theresa May, who in fact campaigned against leaving the EU. Some of the leading newspapers which campaigned for a "yes" vote have given her their full backing. Boris Johnson, the former mayor of London, who was being tipped as a possible PM, is out. Nicola Sturgeon, the Scottish chief minister, who had claimed that Scotland should be allowed to stay in the EU because a majority of people had voted "no", found that her plan was stalled by the Spanish who said that if Britain leaves, so does Scotland. The turmoil on the financial markets does appears to have stopped as well.
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"The next few weeks are going to be difficult but at least the rocky ship Britain appears to be steady."For God's sake man, they haven't invoked Article 50 yet. Anybody who thinks they can predict the UK economy in two years time based on this week's market results is a fecking idiot.
Farage resigning? Pathetic is the word comes to mind! The whole referendum must be done again after all the news coming through recently.
I'd watch Andrea Leadsom if I were you. She was a Brexiteer from the outset and although she doesn't have Cabinet experience (neither did David Cameron I hasten to add) she has a stellar career in banking behind her and may yet prove to be the Conservative Party's choice.
Stan: Absolutely not!!! Heaven forbid! But nothing to do with her gender but rather her political views. As I said, gender has nothing to do with it! You could have left the word 'female' out of your comment and your view would still have been perfectly valid (although not one I share).
SARA-----No doubt you were a supporter of Margaret Thatcher !.
Stan Jessop: "To have another female Prime Minister, who believed in 'Remain'. Would be a total disastrous tragedy." What has gender to do with it? A disgraceful sexist comment!
I was lead to believe, through reading the press and articles on the net, that Teresa May was, sotto vocce, a leaver, but due to her friendship and respect for Cameron, backed his campain to remain. I think she will make an excellent Tory party leader, and will deal with the eurocrats when they start being nasty during the upcoming negotiations. She won´t forgive them for not allowing her to send home certain individuals who shouldn´t have been in the UK in the first place.
I too can not believe the T. May has been proffered as the leading candidate. David Cameron resigned, to facilitate a new " LEAVE " Leader. Who would assemble a 'Leave 'Team. If the Conservatives elect T.MAY, it will be a complete contradiction of what the Country voted for. Can D. Cameron, refute his resignation?. To have another female Prime Minister, who believed in 'Remain'. Would be a total disastrous tragedy..