Why Does May Agree To Do Tv And Radio Interviews...

[Gromit]

...she hadn't got an honest bone in her body.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-41576098

[ludwig]

What do you think she should have said?

[Zacs-Master]

Yeah, she ain’t nuffink like TGL is she. Apples n pears gor blimey.

[ichkeria]

We all know that Mrs May would vote Remain if there was another referendum, but of course she is not going to say so.
Would you in her position?

[Davemano]

The way I read it I would suggest the third paragraph gives sufficient indication.

[jno]

because otherwise they'd invite Boris. Also no recorded honest bones, but a classical education.

[Old_Geezer]

What's dishonest about opting not to answer ? Politicians do it all the time, it's one of the skills in a politician's skillset.

And the question is clearly mischievous as either answer just gives opportunity to put her on the spot again. As long as she stops blinking first and making offers to the EU, when it's high time they moved their position instead, and she manages the process, that is about the best one can hope for.

[Gromit]

OG,
Don't you think it is untenable that the person in charge of implementing Brexit, would not say she would vote for it if given the opportunity?
Makes you wonder if the fact she is making a right hash of it, is not somehow deliberate.

[fiction-factory]

I don't agree gromit. I wouldn't answer such a pointless question in her position. We are where we are and need to make the best of it

[Old_Geezer]

No I don't, it's what I'd expect. She may not have given any consideration to the hypothetical question. It certainly doesn't do her any favours discussing it since it's not relevant to doing the job. IMO she should supervise the process of the UK team side but let her band of three get on with delivering Brexit for her. Her personal beliefs wouldn't then cause any inconvenience, or crisis of conscience on her part.

[dannyk13]

Her reply was
// I looked at everything and I came to a judgement and I would do exactly the same this time round// which surely is a sufficient answer.

[mikey4444]

The difficulty with May is that she just isn't comfortable talking to anybody, including reporters. If this had been Boris, or Rees-Mogg, or just about anybody else, they would have made the best of the opportunity.

But May is looking increasingly isolated ....I very nearly felt sorry for her.

[naomi24]

It’s called principle, Gromit. Quite refreshing for a politician to put the will of the people before their own personal politics.

//But May is looking increasingly isolated//

Mikey’s having yet another dizzy spell.

[ummmm]

I think she does alright.

[cassa333]

Spin, spin, spin. How you see it depends on what side of the coin you are.

Anti Tory, anti Conservative and anti Brexit will see all sorts of wrong in everything she says and does.

Pretty much the same when Corbyn refuses to condemn specific groups when they act like violent scum.

[youngmafbog]

I would agree with May not being good on tv, she simply does not have any charisma at all, much like spreadsheet Phil.

However, on this occasion I think she is right to not answer. The question is pointless given the number of variables and no matter which way she went then she would be just digging a hole for herself.

[mikey4444]

YMB....I think that hole has already been dug...all she is doing now is making it wider.

[naomi24]

^Wheeeeee .....

[jim360]

I don't think she's being unreasonable in not answering the question, but I do wish that politicians weren't so afraid of being honest in general.

If, for example, Theresa May had answered, "I would probably vote remain again but as I see it the people's will was, and still is, to leave the EU and as Prime Minister I see it as my duty to carry out the democratic will of the people", then isn't that what people say her position is anyway? Why not say so?

Oh, and as a logical follow-up to the inevitable question of whether Prime Ministers are meant to do the best thing for the country, rather than blindly follow the people's will, perhaps an answer of, "I thought on balance that Remaining in the EU was the better thing for the country but that's absolutely not the same as saying that Leaving is necessarily a disaster regardless of what we do. We can make it work and that is what I intend to do to the utmost of my ability."

Well, that's how I see her position, anyway, and that's how it's been sold by some on here. I don't know how true that is to her or not but then that's rather the point. Dodging hypothetical questions is reasonable to an extent but even not answering is itself an answer. Politicians shouldn't be so afraid of the truth is all, and I wish that changed, but it's not really May's thing personally.

[youngmafbog]

Mickey she didnt 'dig the hole' as she didnt answer.

I think jim has made the same point I was trying to get across only far more elequently.

[naomi24]

Jim, she said some time ago that she voted to remain but that she will do the job expected of her. Someone else said this is mischievous - but in my opinion he was being too kind.