Stable May delivers three strong losses in a row

Theresa May promised us strength and stability. She’s certainly delivered on that last front, with a consistent string of high profile defeats:
As Prime Minister Tony Blair, Gordon Brown and David Cameron lost a total 16 votes in the Commons in a 19 year period.
Theresa May has lost 18 in the last 14 months alone.
— Shehab Khan (@ShehabKhan) December 4, 2018
None of those defeats were as strong as the ones she suffered last night, though.
Read on...
Strength in blunders
May lost three votes in a row. The votes were on:
- A government amendment to weaken the cross-party contempt motion (a contemptible plan from our contemptible PM).
- Actually holding the government in contempt (something the public have done for ages, but parliament had yet to catch up on).
- An amendment to give Parliament power if / when May’s Brexit agreement is rejected (power being something the government struggled to hand over, as it no longer had any).
With three losses under her belt, May’s stability could not be questioned. But when it came to the strength part, the BBC had some legwork to do:
The first 10 minutes of #Newsnight tonight was sheer madness. A shameless attempt to claim that while today might have LOOKED like a catastrophic humiliation for Theresa May's government, actually galaxy brain, it was a really good day for her because, y'know, reasons.
— Ally Fogg (@AllyFogg) December 4, 2018
I'd probably have framed this as:
'Desperate opportunists scrabble to save careers'
But hey, I don't work at a public broadcaster so widely disregarded that it had to back out of hosting a Brexit debate by public demand pic.twitter.com/UteVSxzVT3
— John Shafthauer (@johnshafthauer) December 5, 2018
May Day
Although May’s terribleness has now reached pretty much unprecedented levels, that’s okay, because so has the BBC’s. That’s why it’s been churning out stuff on why yesterday might work in her favour. It’s also why it’s been asking:
- Will Jeremy Corbyn resign over May’s historic defeat?
- What does Lynn the vicar have to say about all this?
- Will Jeremy Corbyn resign over what Lynn the vicar had to say about May’s historic defeat?
So that’s our PM. Allegedly strong and stably terrible.
Featured image via YouTube
Get involved
- For more satirical news, you can also follow Off The Perch on Facebook and Twitter.
We need your help to keep speaking the truth
Every story that you have come to us with; each injustice you have asked us to investigate; every campaign we have fought; each of your unheard voices we amplified; we do this for you. We are making a difference on your behalf.
Our fight is your fight. You’ve supported our collective struggle every time you gave us a like; and every time you shared our work across social media. Now we need you to support us with a monthly donation.
We have published nearly 2,000 articles and over 50 films in 2021. And we want to do this and more in 2022 but we don’t have enough money to go on at this pace. So, if you value our work and want us to continue then please join us and be part of The Canary family.
In return, you get:
* Advert free reading experience
* Quarterly group video call with the Editor-in-Chief
* Behind the scenes monthly e-newsletter
* 20% discount in our shop
Almost all of our spending goes to the people who make The Canary’s content. So your contribution directly supports our writers and enables us to continue to do what we do: speaking truth, powered by you. We have weathered many attempts to shut us down and silence our vital opposition to an increasingly fascist government and right-wing mainstream media.
With your help we can continue:
* Holding political and state power to account
* Advocating for the people the system marginalises
* Being a media outlet that upholds the highest standards
* Campaigning on the issues others won’t
* Putting your lives central to everything we do
We are a drop of truth in an ocean of deceit. But we can’t do this without your support. So please, can you help us continue the fight?
-
Show Comments
Leave a Reply
You must be logged in to leave a comment.Join the conversationPlease read our comment moderation policy here.