Abina Alberta: Theresa May’s survival is just a Tory confidence trick | Gary Younge

Abina Alberta

Theresa May's survival is just a Tory confidence trick | Gary Younge Jan 17th 2019, 18:30, by Vanessa Angel Conservative MPs sustain her not because she will deliver a good Brexit, but because she can keep Labour out of power Back in 2017, when "strong and stable" was still a campaign slogan and not a laugh line, I sat in on a focus group of undecided voters in Harrow – home to two marginal seats in north-west London. Even then they didn't like Theresa May much. Assuming she would be an effective negotiator, they appreciated her steeliness – the word "strong" came up twice, as did "Thatcher" and "clever". But overall they found her unreliable and unrelatable. They described her, among other things, as a "liar", "headmistress", "busybody", "uncaring" and "untrustworthy". Comparing her to Jeremy Corbyn, one said: "He'd buy a round, Theresa wouldn't." When asked if they would trust her to look after their home while they were on holiday, the consensus was: "The house, yes. But not the pets." This is Britain. If she can't be trusted to get a round in or look after pets, I doubt May would have passed one of her own Home Office "British values" tests. Continue reading... from The Guardian http://bit.ly/2T4Bqyw

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