Daily Mirror (Northern Ireland)
Politically dead May is the El Cid of Westminster
THERESA May is the El Cid of Parliament, strapped to a despatch box when the Tory tribe know she’s already politically dead.
Shameless Self-servative MPS prop up the PM for now to save their seats.
What hypocrisy for 117 of them to express no confidence in May shortly before Christmas in a leadership challenge then vote against Labour’s no-confidence motion. What doubledealing from 118 of this lot to humble the Prime Minister by sinking her flagship Brexit plan then trot docile into a division lobby to express fealty.
If Jeremy Corbyn was half as bad as the Tory smearers’ froth, the Cons would be screaming for an election.
Instead they run away, knowing in their dark hearts that Labour’s plans to build a fairer, better Britain would capture the electorate’s imagination in the scrutiny of a contest.
Requesting fresh instructions from the electorate, in both an election and referendum on Europe, is surely our democratic right when the Government is rudderless and Labour, with Corbyn in No10, would provide rejuvenating leadership at a moment of national crisis.
We’re in a deep hole and will never get out of this mess as long as May keeps digging.
Replacing her with a Tory PM in long trousers instead of a skirt would be no more than window-dressing.
The PM’S days are numbered yet it must be the people, not a Cabinet coup, determining who and what comes next.
Undoing her party’s damage and uniting a divided country will be hellish difficult but healing won’t start until she and they are gone.