let the games begin...

"......Theresa May has announced that she will resign on Friday 7 June, breaking down as she concluded her speech in front of Downing Street with that she has been serving "the country I love". Her speech attempted to focus on her 'achievements' rather than her failures.

TV commentators immediately started talking about her dignity and empathising with her pain, but May's tears cut no ice.

Here are just a few of May's 'achievements':

She has been a PM who debased our democracy by making the abuse of democratic process for her own ends a routine thing and ran and hid rather than face votes in the Commons - yet who lost none of the arrogance she showed as Home Secretary when she became PM.

May was responsible for the awful Windrush scandal, yet let - and probably made - Amber Rudd fall on her sword so May could hold onto the keys to Downing Street, then slapped Windrush people in the face by bringing her back into her Cabinet.

She had known that Windrush folk were citizens, yet deported them anyway, denying compensation to many. And when a parliamentary vote threatened to expose the full extent of her involvement in the abuse of their rights, she whipped her MPs to defeat it and keep her shame hidden.

May promised the survivors of the Grenfell Tower horror they would be rehoused within weeks. Almost two years later, many are still waiting.

May was responsible for the horrific statement that asylum seekers should be deported first and appeal later - and covered up the rendition scandal that she personally oversaw.

May lied about the AIQ/Cambridge Analytica scandal - and still dodged answering even when exposed.

May knew about sexual harassment by Tory MPs long before it was exposed - and was responsible for a huge 'loss' of evidence against parliamentary child abusers.

May personally vetoed visas for NHS doctors from overseas, prolonging the suffering of NHS patients.

She binned the second part of the Leveson enquiry to protect her allies in the abominable right-wing press from the consequences of their involvement in spying on vulnerable people.

Worst of all, she has:

overseen the ongoing, inflicted collapse of our NHS
terrorised disabled and vulnerable people with cuts, sanctions and constant tests to remove their support
cut councils' budgets so hard that they can no longer support many of the most vulnerable in our communities
pushed the number of children in poverty to well over four million
pushed fourteen million of our citizens in such desperate poverty that the UN's special envoy for extreme poverty has just condemned it again and has said it could easily be solved if she had wanted to
continued and intensified policies that have seen the deaths - the 'social murder' of at least 120,000 people
forced rape victims and domestic abuse survivors to prove their abuse or face loss of benefits and even homes
No, Theresa May deserves no sympathy. Her tears cut no ice compared to the anguish of millions and deaths of tens of thousands in which she played a full and enthusiastic part.

And now she will be replaced by no less a horror, whichever Tory wins their leadership race - and the UK will be forced to suffer two unelected Prime Ministers in a row and the depredations they will continue to inflict.

Cry for the people, not for Theresa May....."

The Conservatives are willing to risk far more ruin than Corbyn, you know the party dangling the very existence of the union.

5 contenders have revealed their intentions & 3 of them don't matter. Bojo & Esther makes 2, Raab to follow, & then Give will. Give doesn't matter either but has obviously been advised to keep his powder (or backstabbing knife) dry

Yes it took me 2 years, but was well worth my time & effort. Amazing how many of my friends & family came around to ky way of thinking over time. Not to mention her own Party who continually kept her in office. Well I get to vote in this next election & I can promise everyone that if it comes down to Bojo v Gove, i will clock up thousands of miles 'advising' other members just how fu kin untrustworthy Gove is

Farage threatening the Government with a get us out or face an election choice. What a guy!

Whoever it is makes no difference

My thinking now the prime minister is just a spokesman/woman for the true leaders behind the curtain

I know longer see the government has the leaders anyway, they are shameless elite bidders

Time to realise we are on our own and start organising

Esther the only one standing up to Jeremy Taunt & telling him what a jerk he is. Note to pretendy Brexiteers who want to make the 1st cut, listen to Esther

Exactly,& that's why Twunt & Quasi are finished before it' started

lots of my words & numbers don't seem to be appearing, which makes life difficult when there are pedants about. I shall persevere, but please excuse my mishaps

well done Farage. Send the biatch to her deckchair in style

1st TP will love this; guess who's 'assisting' Gove with his election bid? Non other than that walking dildo - Henry Newman

it sort of explains the last 24 hours

Bozo 1.61 now from 1.85 last night. Some people must have have actually watched his pitch today without blinkers on. Add to that the sand just being kicked in Jezzas face & i think he will relax comfortably tonight with a bottle of red

didn't you have to have 8 nominations to get on the ballot paper in the first place which surely must be public ? so how can she and several others be below that number ?

oh my 114 votes for Bozo! Loathsome gone

1.29 now

2 or 3 more may go before next Tuesday

Rory gathering momentum needs a few more cracks of the whip

Amber Rudd is everything that is wrong with the Tory Party. May i suggest opening a sandwich stall with the rest of the numpties as your career is over

surely the likes of her and hammond will be on their bike when boris takes over. can't imagine he's forgotten what rudd said about him during the referendum debates. reflected much worse on her than him that's for sure

indeed, mafeking. I want her as far away from Parliament as i am. Hammond never even tried to put in a bid because he knew he had a snowballs chance in hell of winning. So what does he do? Snipes from the comfort of his armchair! A most sickening individual who's career is over. So now in a perfect world we will have Twunt & Gove ganging up on Bozo.; that will ensure that there will be no job in the next Cabinet for either.  I don't want any current Cabinet member back in the fold. I have my perfect Cabinet lined up; not sure of all of the positions yet but i know the base