Agreed that it is not easy for women in politics and I am beyond appalled at the commentary that many politicians (male or female) have to endure, including Theresa May. I am also thinking of that man walking around on a pro-Brexit march with a noose calling her a traitor. No politician should have to put up with that. As for George Osborne having fantasised about chopping her up and putting her in the freezer, he would do better to reflect upon his role in the Brexit debacle with his zealous relish for austerity.
But I don’t think that it was simply the disastrous general election that led to her being held hostage to the Brexiteer faction. At the start of 2017 she started repeatedly saying that No Deal was better than a bad deal. The problem is lots of people believed that. Now of course those same people regard no deal warnings as project fear.
Theresa May’s hostile environment has apparently led to the splitting up of 33 000 British families, due to minimum income requirements.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/politics/2016/jul/18/what-does-theresa-mays-record-as-home-secretary-tell-us
During her tenure at the home office the vans with ‘Go Home’ written on them were driven around on her watch. The shameful treatment of the Windrush generation does not bode well for EU nationals currently living in the UK. As a British citizen living in the EU, do you really see her fighting your corner?
But having said that her deal is probably a reflection of the voting intentions of the UK in 2016. A sad compromise, and as Ken Clarke called it, a bit of a dog’s dinner. Definitely not as terrible as no deal. However it doesn’t really solve anything as Brexit is an (interminable) process and not an event. I get the shivers just thinking how long it will go on for.
Momentum, unlike Militant is not a covert operation. It is open about its aims. True that any political group may harbour extremists. As I have previously pointed out the Conservative party is full of them. However the main aim is to see a socialist candidate in power arguing for genuinely better conditions for people. Not a Blairite who aims to be like the Tories but slightly less bad. That to quite a few sensible people wanting better conditions doesn’t seem to be much of an aim. It is amazing that wanting better services and contracts leads to those people then being described as cultists.
But maybe Momentum is described as frightening because of its success especially at a time when Tory membership is dwindling.
I don’t see Momentum as a frightening or sinister organisation, and the majority of members want a final say on any Brexit deal. Although given the Labour Leadership handling of Brexit, I personally support the Green Party as I believe in Freedom of movement and continued membership of the EU as well as their environmental aims.
Maybe out of this mess a new centrist party will form and as previous posters have pointed out it will pave the way for proportional representation.
Ps apologies for the long post. I am sitting in a freezing garage waiting to get my car fixed!