Is May actually going to appear on question time tonight or will she pull out? Then again i'd assume if she has agreed to go on then the entire audience will be tories and she'll only agree to certain questions being asked.
She needs to realise that she is accountable to every single one of us. Even more so in the run up to an election when she wants our votes. I appreciate she cannot do every tv debate but with all due respect, this is what the job entails in the run up to the general election
I genuinely don't think I've ever come across a more aloof party leader/prime minister. Is it because she's shrouded in self doubt, or is it that she genuinely believes that the sound bite strong and stable is sufficient.
Say what you will about Corbyn, he's seems okay to face questions. Hell i'm no fan of Cameron, but he's being made to look worlds apart by May's disintegration over the past 10-14 days.
When she first got elected, as nailed on the wall socialist, I thought some of the sounds eminating from her were slightly encouraging. For example, she talked of redressing the balance of savers (I don't have money to save, but the talk of interest rate rises pleased me from a housing market point of view), and she seemed to show a compassionate side for people referring to her Christian upbringing.
Fast forward 12 months and she has the face of an exscasperated banshee and scorn of the devil reincarnate. It's gotten worse as she's been challenged
I think it's fairly obvious now that she's not a people person. She's stiff and uncomfortable when she's not scripted. Its why she sticks to where she feels safe and can stay exactly on message. Her public appearances have been very much staged by her team with little or often no real access to the general public.
Unfortunately for her she's been rumbled by the electorate. Unless she makes a miraculous recovery and delivers what the Tory mandarins expected I can see her stepping down "due to health reasons" long before the Brexit negotiations are concluded.
Here's a good question. Do any Tory voters genuinely have confidence in May?
Sure I will get shot down for this, but May is doing a tonne better than I thought (not necessarily saying much as I thought she would struggle compared to Cameron).
Think she knows where she will struggle and where she is best focussing her answers. She had done just that so far.
I have heard the term 'Magic Money Tree' about 20 times now in the last 2 days. How many other trite sound bites have the Tories got up their sleeve for the last few days of the campaign?
Most public sector pay rises compare very strongly with many in the private sector. Things can always be better, but we can't act like the public sector has struggled along whilst the private sector raked in 5pc pay rises every year.
I work with people who haven't had a pay rise for 5 years and don't have the option to go on strike to fight for it.
This isn't a point about nurses - it is more public v private sector
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I'm sure everyone's question sounds hard-hitting in their head but the politicians are (generally) too good for them.
Best questioning so far was from the first girl.
Think she knows where she will struggle and where she is best focussing her answers. She had done just that so far.
Wonder if he's popping in the Long Pond?
The girl with the glasses is moronic.
I work with people who haven't had a pay rise for 5 years and don't have the option to go on strike to fight for it.
This isn't a point about nurses - it is more public v private sector