{"id":16456,"date":"2018-10-04T10:01:46","date_gmt":"2018-10-04T09:01:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/unitelive.org\/?p=16456"},"modified":"2020-11-12T12:58:11","modified_gmt":"2020-11-12T12:58:11","slug":"party-no-one-theresa-may-speech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/?p=16456","title":{"rendered":"‘The party of no-one’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Unite blasted the Tories as \u00e2\u20ac\u015bthe party of no-one\u00e2\u20ac\u0165 after Theresa May\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s conference speech in which she made a desperate attempt to rally her fractious MPs behind her Brexit approach, declaring the Conservatives need to be \u00e2\u20ac\u015ba party for the whole country\u00e2\u20ac\u0165.<\/p>\n

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In a glaring bid to grab headlines, May pledged \u00e2\u20ac\u015bausterity is over\u00e2\u20ac\u0165 before walking back on the promise by adding the caveat that government spending will be reviewed “when we’ve secured a Brexit deal for Britain\u00e2\u20ac\u0165.<\/p>\n

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With the very real possibility that May will fail to secure a deal with the EU or return to Parliament with one that MPs will not accept because it will damage the UK, the Prime Minister will likely have enough room to wriggle out of the commitment even if she wants to keep it.<\/p>\n

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Conscious of Boris Johnson\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s leadership bid in the guise of suggesting a \u00e2\u20ac\u015bsuper Canada\u00e2\u20ac\u0165 Brexit deal, May pleaded for Tory MPs to come together under her leadership.<\/p>\n

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She said, \u00e2\u20ac\u015bWe have had disagreements in this party about Britain\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s membership of the EU for a long time.<\/p>\n

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\u00e2\u20ac\u015bSo, it is no surprise that we have had a range of different views expressed this week.<\/p>\n

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\u00e2\u20ac\u015bBut my job as Prime Minister is to do what I believe to be in the national interest.\u00e2\u20ac\u0165<\/p>\n

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May then used the cudgel of a potential Labour government led by Jeremy Corbyn to try and instil discipline over Brexit into her mutinous troops.<\/p>\n

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In a sign of how worried the Tories are about being ousted by Labour because of their disastrous handling of the EU talks, May launched a series of personal attacks on Corbyn, describing his leadership of the party as a \u00e2\u20ac\u015bnational tragedy\u00e2\u20ac\u0165 before rounding on Labour\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Brexit position.<\/p>\n

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May said, \u00e2\u20ac\u015bEven if we do not all agree on every part of [my Brexit proposal], we need to come together. Because it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s time we faced up to what is at risk.<\/p>\n

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\u00e2\u20ac\u015bWe have a Labour Party that, if they were in government, would accept any deal the EU chose to offer, regardless of how bad it is for the UK.<\/p>\n

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\u00e2\u20ac\u015bBut who also say they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll oppose any deal I choose to bring back, regardless of how good it is for the UK.\u00e2\u20ac\u0165<\/p>\n

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Unite general secretary Len McCluskey was scathingly critical of May\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s speech.<\/p>\n

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He said, \u00e2\u20ac\u015bWith so much of her speech devoted to attacks on and lies about Jeremy Corbyn and Labour policies Theresa May showed she’s run out of road.<\/p>\n

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\u00e2\u20ac\u015bUtterly devoid of the solutions our communities need, far from being the party of everyone the Tories are fast becoming the party of no one.\u00e2\u20ac\u0165<\/p>\n

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