She voted to remain so she's a remainer.

Er, the actual FACT that a large number of people who voted to stay in Europe in 1975 voted to Leave in 2016.


I can well believe that.

It came out pre-referendum, when she was virtually invisible, that her constituency wallahs had been dismayed and somewhat surprised to discover they would be officially campaigning for Remain as they had been expecting to be Leave, like the adjoining constituencies of Windsor and Wokingham (Afriyie & Redwood) and Wycombe (Baker).
Meanwhile, Theresa was 'busy' looking after the country while Cameron and Osborne did their thing, or visiting old ladies' parties in her constituency.
I have always suspected that she's as much 'Remain' as Corbyn, just craftier.

How do you know? has she actually said she voted to remain? I have not seen or heard that

I have long suspected Theresa May's craftiness - she neatly got that vote from the house of commons about the timetable for Brexit, symbolic it might be but revealing nevertheless, and all she offered in return was 'some' detail on brexit plans to follow which they were probably going to give anyway

I think her wiliness may be quite an asset when it comes to the nitty gritty of our negotiations out of the EU!

She campaigned to remain so it would be odd for her not to vote that way

https://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/10...may/maidenhead

And not to forget the Sachs speach

https://www.theguardian.com/politics...s-about-brexit

It's obvious that you and a small handful of posters (on both sides) are just flat out trolling now. The above comment perfectly highlights it.

I doubt the nonsense that is the EU will be here in 2 years let alone 20, so I have no fear of being taken back in. It's finished, done, dead, thank god.

Agreed, too much sherry.

Not the way you do it thank you, I find deliberately missing the point and letting ones own predjudice take over rather than using rational thought doesn't work.

The Conservatives won the last GE. Do you think that automatically makes us all Tories too?

No, they're just your masters you have to live with.

Festive emoticons. Like this year hasn't been nearly disappointing enough.

May had a low profile during the referendum because as Home Secretary the Conservative's failure to reduce immigration to the tens of thousands would have been raised.

well it was raised, time and time again, I don't think she kept a low profile for that reason

I do not think it was raised much in questioning the Conservative who were at the front to the campaign. For example Osborne and his the economy will be doomed if you vote for Brexit diatribes.

In the words of the late President Kennedy Think not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country.

A brilliant post. I couldn't agree more. We can and will win this fight. And nobody should forget this is isn't just a fight to preserve our place at the heart of the EU project, it is also about fighting to save our UK.

What fact...and what do you mean by a large number?

In 1975 17.4m (67%) voted to remain and 8.5m (33%) voted NON.
In 2016 16.1m (52%) voted to remain and 17.4 (52%) jumped off a cliff.

Those registered to vote in 1975 totalled 40.5m compared to 46.5m in 2016.

May was probably seeking for the Tory party to unite, even amongst the Leave campaigners knifes have been drawn and sharpened.

Theresa May isn't the choice of the Tory membership, Gove is seen as an outcast and Johnson an opportunist.

In 2017 will we hear Theresa May utter those famous historic words..."infamy, infamy, they've all got it in for me."

Well said PM.

Double the number voted out in 2016. If that doesn't indicate that a lrage number of people switched sides between 1975 and 2016, I don't know what does.

Not sure what the jumping of a cliff bit is all about. If you don't want to discuss this in a reasonable way, then there's no point in further discussion.

Oh, no they're not! The Conservative party, for all their control of the the levers of power, are, like a set of tattered old underwear, changeable every now and them. That is not the case with Brexit, and the reason it will fail. In the meantime Mrs May is doing a very good job of fouling it all up anyway. Long may she continue!

as long as it is Anna Soubry 😊

Eh???