Theresa May: I Don't Want A Cabinet Of 'yes' Men

[mikey4444]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-41475579

Mrs May still refuses to slap her Foreign Secretary down....no wonder she is being thought of now as a weak, ineffectual Leader. The Tory Party has been here before...remember John Mmmmajor ?

[youngmafbog]

moving Boris to a junior post would be political suicide. Boris is seen to be the voice of the Brexiteers to remove him would make Remainer May look very much the remainer.

//he UK has a convention of cabinet collective responsibility which Johnson is blatantly breaking.//

Maybe, but has the UK ever gone through such a change as it is doing right now?

[mikey4444]

TTT...yes, and Major was the man that lost so badly against Labour in 1997, that it kept them out of power for 13 years and 2 more Election........The worst Leader of the Tory Party, since records began, although May is fast catching up.

Weecalf had it right at 09:45...May should realise that whatever she does, she does for Britain, not the Tory Party.

She and her Government are no nearer a solution to the problems of leaving the EU than we were the days after the Referendum. She send laughing Boy Davies off on his away-day to Brussels every month, and he continues to come back, empty-handed, with his tail between his legs.

In short, May should shape up or ship out....Britain needs better than her, much, much better.

[ToraToraTora]

mikey: "TTT...yes, and Major was the man that lost so badly against Labour in 1997, that it kept them out of power for 13 years and 2 more Election.." - Kinnochio was worse than the worse Tory? Right oh? PMSL

[Gromit]

Hammond is clearly failing as Chancellor, and I am not the first to hint he should be moved.

http://www.cityam.com/269500/leaveeu-launches-campaign-sack-philip-hammond

Hammond was at the Foreign Office before Osborne was sacked, and did an OK job. Better to send him where he is not out of his depth.

[douglas9401]

(Although I would grab Boris by the testicular and make him sit on his hands for a while)

Not sure you're up to speed on the action/reaction going on there. :)

[jno]

I think Hammond's okay where he is; it's not his fault that his loose cannon boss panics and overturns his proposals, she does that to her own proposals too. Is there an official Tory whelk stall Boris could be put in charge of? I'm not saying he'd do the job well, mind.

[Old_Geezer]

We are less near a solution than desired, as far as one can tell, because the other side of the table aren't agreeing with UK suggestions, and not providing reasonable alternatives. It almost seems like they want no progress, expecting the UK team to crack and offer money and ask for negotiation time extensions, or something. Surely no hope of that given our strong willed PM.

[Gromit]

// We are less near a solution than desired, as far as one can tell, because the other side of the table aren't agreeing with UK suggestions, and not providing reasonable alternatives. //

Where are you getting your information? The negotiations have been secret, behind closed doors.

// Surely no hope of that given our strong willed PM. //

Now you are just being silly.

[Old_Geezer]

From the media reports, like everyone else. Reports of suggestions put forward from one side, reports of little progress telling us it wasn't accepted or it would have been dropped; statements from the PM showing how tough she's bring, but nothing from the other side except complaints of it not being enough, and they must have more. Didn't you follow the news ?