Let me see if I have this right as I sip my morning bean-to-cup. Today, we have a PM who had no need to but chose to call an election in order to strengthen her hand. As part of her strategy to realise that ambition, she refused to take part in any meaningful debate with opposition leaders and her major slogan was 'strong and stable leadership'. That is what she told the nation repeatedly.
Okay, I despise the tory party and everything they claim to stand for but surely this election result has singularly failed to bring about the result that May wanted? It seems that the tories must now rely on others to achieve progress through parliament of any legislation they might wish to impose on the country. That to me therefore means her gambit has failed spectacularly to achieve her aim.
That being the case, surely she must now step down as the last thing the country needs right now is a leader with such flawed judgement.
As for individual results, I was a little saddened to see Alex Salmond lose his seat as he was always an intelligent orator, well able to hold his own in any political debate. On the other hand, I was delighted to see the ex-deputy PM, purely a career politician with no commitment to anything other than self-aggrandisement, lose his seat.
With just a few fairly predictable results to come in at this stage, I don't expect there to be much change so a hung parliament it is. For Theresa May, I cannot see how she can carry on but being the despicable creature she is, I fear she may attempt to ignore the will of the people and carry on. That being the case, I expect the tory party grandees to push her out as soon as they can find someone stupid enough to want the job.
Tom