Did anyone seriously think atht she was going to win that election?
2800 posts into this thread I might have a lot of reading to do to figure out if anyone thought that it was going to go otherwise but this was my on prediction before the GE:
http://www.elite-politics.com/showth...ll=1#post15313
After the election I thought that she should resign but lately all I have wanted is for her to stick around - as long as possible. To every detractor of hers (I consider myself one, I loathe the woman) just remember that you will never ever be able to humiliate another PM the way you can to May.
This is the text of my prediction (the night before the GE last year):
I can't possible imagine that anyone predicted that May would win a majority - the fact that she did makes it all the more amusing to keep her as PM. What a dreadful candidate.
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This is about the most awesome place to be - watching May squirm. She leaves the CU and there is a hard border with Ireland then Ireland will vote no among the 27 member states of the EU left, when it comes to a trade deal. The DUP will veto the deal, in the house too. May decides to stick with the CU and JRM and the ERG will all write letters to Brady, time for a leadership contest. She is screwed whichever option she tries and Brussels will veto anything but a membership of the CU ; let's not rush this, there are months ahead of agony for May.
To every single opponent of May, please remember that you will
never get the chance to humiliate another PM the way May has to go begging to every side...enjoy it for now, savor it. North lost America, Chamberlain gave away parts of the Eastern bloc to Hitler, Cameron lost Europe altogether and it'll be a miracle if May doesn't lose Ireland or the pound - I can't see her keeping both. In fact, given the new terms that Britain will have to agree to when it eventually rejoins the EU, not only will the currency be gone but contributions to the EU will have to start so we will have to pay 40 billion in leaving first time round, for nothing.
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Lol...mind you Boris needs to tweak his line about cake. Not "you can have your cake and eat it" but "you can have your diabetic and eat her too...once you empanel her as PM".
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He does know one thing though, he knows that if we remain a part of the Customs Union we won't even be able to strike them in the first place. And we almost certainly will be staying in the customs union in one way or another.
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Wow...he is the one in the wrong here?
I can just see it now:
The leave crowd: We're taking back control!
Carney: But we were the only member state to have monetary and currency control not being wed to the Euro
The leave crowd: Yeah but you couldn't be trusted with it so we had to wreck the entire economy some, just to be on the safe side! The economy may suffer but at least we'll never join the single currency!
Carney: How very Gordon Brown of you - but Cameron agreed to that in his negotiations anyway, we would never have to join the single currency! You rejected his re-negotiations anyway!
Years down the line (if we ever get out and want to rejoin):
EU: Now you must sign up to join the Euro
Nationalists: But we were never a part of the Euro to begin with!
Carney: See, now we have no independent monetary policy / currency of our own
Nationalists: Exactly, this is all your fault Mark!
This is like groundhog day....