By Ben Kerrigan-
Theresa May was a reluctant EU remainer at the last referendum, the assistant editor of the Daily Mail reminded viewers of the itv ‘this morning’ programme.
May may have supported the eu ‘remain’ campaign during last June’s referendum, but her heart was never really committed to that course.
The UK prime minister and Oxford graduate, did not share the views held by David Cameron or his predecessor, Tony Blair.
The vicars daughter had highlighted her views about the drawbacks of eu membership:
” the common agricultural policy, the Common Fisheries policy, the free movement of people; none of these things work they way we would want them to work, and we need to be smarter about how we try to change these things in future”, the then hone secretary said in a speech early this year.
INSULT
” I do not want to stand here and insult people’s intelligence by claiming membershipp of the Eu is wholly good, nor do I believe that say the sky will fall in if we leave.”
Having called for Britain to leave the European Convention of Human Rights and the jurisdiction of the European Courts of Human Rights, May always believed they were damaging to national security.
Fast forward to the present, and May finds herself leading a Brexit government which she most likely privately wanted
along. She is reported t o have stuck with the Remain camp to keep David Cameron sweet.
ALLIANCES
It’s the nature of politics, to sometimes prioritise your alliances over your personal convictions. Now that May is walking in the office of her convictions, it will be interesting to see how she deals with this tough assignment.
The UK prime minister has said that Britain will get the best possible deal it can with the eu member states. However, she is dealing with a number of hostile eu leaders, insulted greatly by the bold rhetorics of Nigels Farage, and some of the uncharitable words of Boris Johnson.
Most important is whether Britain can truly thrive economically without the eu, by trading with the rest of the world. If we can, then let the Brexit dice keep rolling.