Cos the majority of the party are remainers and wouldn't agree. e.g. Clarke is a ardent remainer Mogg is an ardent hard brexiteer the middle ground is then more remain that leave so May was hit upon as a compromise.
They had the choice of a soft-brexiteer Andrea Leadsom but behind the scene double dealing pushed May instead of her.
interesting you mention her as on politics live a couple of days ago had Tim Loughton on who ran her leadership campaign and said (obviously this isn't verbatim just from memory) she "planned to set up a commision of the great & the good and the not not so great & the good from across the spectrum including politicians , business leaders , trade unionists and a range of other interested bodies.This commision will be tasked with providing a route map towards a consensus Brexit" Shame that never happened and only after that do you trigger A50.
Now, I wonder why the Tories didn't want that What you've just said reminds me of what Gove said before the referendum.... 'So the process and pace of change is in our hands. There is no arbitrary deadline which we must meet to secure our future - and indeed no arbitrary existing “model” which we have to accept in order to prosper. 'It has been argued that the moment Britain votes to leave a process known as “Article 50” is triggered whereby the clock starts ticking and every aspect of any new arrangement with the EU must be concluded within 2 years of that vote being recorded - or else! 'But there is no requirement for that to occur - quite the opposite. Logically, in the days after a Vote to Leave the Prime Minister would discuss the way ahead with the Cabinet and consult Parliament before taking any significant step. 'Preliminary, informal, conversations would take place with the EU to explore how best to proceed. 'It would not be in any nation’s interest artificially to accelerate the process and no responsible government would hit the start button on a two-year legal process without preparing appropriately. 'Nor would it be in anyone’s interest to hurry parliamentary processes.We can set the pace. 'We will repeal the 1972 European Communities Act, which automatically gives EU law legal force. But we can change it on our terms at a time of our choosing. After we establish full legal independence we can then decide which EU-inspired rules and regulations we want to keep, which we want to repeal and which we wish to modify.’ That went well.
but obviously not acceptable to the majority. One side or the other objected. They choose the most harmless, gormless, pointless person in the cabinet who nobody really objected enough to. simple really. any compromise candidate is usually then the **** one ... but most of all what we've proven is cos nobody really backed her day 1 its no shock at all that nobody is backing her now.
someone should have explained to the likes of gove that he doesn't speak for the EU and the pace of change was never in his hands. I hope all recall the clamouring for the triggering from these exact people and how may was accused of delaying brexit by not immediately triggering A50 it was a full 6 months after the referendum that it was tirggered!!!! Lets just be real here... there were talks and the brexiteers were in the camp and forced the agenda just as much as the EU said hang on a moment theres elections in 2019. if you are not out by then you run candidates. so sorry... but this is just gove's pre referendum bullshit.
I've always argued that the moment May triggered A50 just to quell internal problems despite having no plan was the day that would always lead to real problems..
But thats more just bullshit cos it sounds good now. (not from you from the tory twat) the reality is put her in tha dog pit with the slavvering brexiteers demanding now now now. and the ardent remainers trying to block and the reality is you end up in the same old place.
you might as well have argued that the moment cameron held a referendum with no plan if it came to pass that would lead to problems the REALITY is nobody had a clue what the do when it passed. Nobody still has a clue.
this deal would have passed easily 18 months ago if consensus across the house had been sought but no she treated it as a party matter when it clearly isn't & never was.
Where there's a will there's a way MITO I appreciate the one big problem (as a neutral) was the MEP elections. But had a well-intentioned PM spent some time reaching out for cross-party support instead of wasting time on a General Election for personal gain, then something could've been done with the EU. I know Cameron fcked the country with the referendum, but had he stayed do you think he would've done a better job of garnering support around the Commons?
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