Union leaders offered little sympathy over the Prime Minister’s resignation.
Tim Roache, GMB general secretary, said: “This Government has given us more farcical scenes than The Thick Of It, and more brutal beheadings than Game Of Thrones.
“No-one is going to be sorry when this series ends.
“Working people are sick of the Tories focusing on who is going to take Theresa May’s job when thousands across the country are losing theirs.
“We cannot let Britain’s workers, industries and communities become the casualties of the next round of Tory internal wars.
“Let’s have a general election and let the people decide.”
‘One of the worst prime ministers’
General Secretary of UNISON trade union, Dave Prentis,
Unison general secretary Dave Prentis said: “Theresa May will go down in history as one of the worst prime ministers.
“She has done nothing to repair our broken public services, forgotten all about families struggling to get by, brutally mistreated the Windrush generation and woefully mismanaged the aftermath of the Brexit vote.
“However, working people should fear what comes next. Her replacement will be chosen by the hard right of the Tory Party, who want more austerity, increased privatisation and fewer rights for working people.
“That’s why there must now be a general election. The decision about who leads the country must be taken in every community, not by the Brexiteer boys’ club in the tea rooms and bars of Westminster.”
‘All political careers end in failure’
TSSA General Secretary Manuel Cortes
Manuel Cortes, leader of the Transport Salaried Staffs’ Association, said: “All political careers end in failure – though none more so than Theresa May’s.
“Her time in Downing Street has been an abject failure. We have seen three wasted years dominated by Brexit and austerity and a Conservative Government starkly divided.”
‘What a mess the Conservative party is’
Len McCluskey, General Secretary of Unite the Union.
Unite general secretary Len McCluskey said: “Theresa May’s announcement today underscores what a mess the Conservative party is and that this party is actually now incapable of governing.
“The shambolic handling of Brexit, the yawning inequalities in this country, our fraying public services and our once-proud manufacturing industry sliding into decline are the legacy of this Prime Minister and her woeful Tory Government.
“It is a grave insult to the people of this country that our fate now lies in the hands of scheming Tory MPs and a few thousand Tory members.”
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Union leaders offered little sympathy over the Prime Minister’s resignation.
Tim Roache, GMB general secretary, said: “This Government has given us more farcical scenes than The Thick Of It, and more brutal beheadings than Game Of Thrones.
“No-one is going to be sorry when this series ends.
“Working people are sick of the Tories focusing on who is going to take Theresa May’s job when thousands across the country are losing theirs.
“We cannot let Britain’s workers, industries and communities become the casualties of the next round of Tory internal wars.
“Let’s have a general election and let the people decide.”
‘One of the worst prime ministers’
General Secretary of UNISON trade union, Dave Prentis,
Unison general secretary Dave Prentis said: “Theresa May will go down in history as one of the worst prime ministers.
“She has done nothing to repair our broken public services, forgotten all about families struggling to get by, brutally mistreated the Windrush generation and woefully mismanaged the aftermath of the Brexit vote.
“However, working people should fear what comes next. Her replacement will be chosen by the hard right of the Tory Party, who want more austerity, increased privatisation and fewer rights for working people.
“That’s why there must now be a general election. The decision about who leads the country must be taken in every community, not by the Brexiteer boys’ club in the tea rooms and bars of Westminster.”
‘All political careers end in failure’
TSSA General Secretary Manuel Cortes
Manuel Cortes, leader of the Transport Salaried Staffs’ Association, said: “All political careers end in failure – though none more so than Theresa May’s.
“Her time in Downing Street has been an abject failure. We have seen three wasted years dominated by Brexit and austerity and a Conservative Government starkly divided.”
‘What a mess the Conservative party is’
Len McCluskey, General Secretary of Unite the Union.
Unite general secretary Len McCluskey said: “Theresa May’s announcement today underscores what a mess the Conservative party is and that this party is actually now incapable of governing.
“The shambolic handling of Brexit, the yawning inequalities in this country, our fraying public services and our once-proud manufacturing industry sliding into decline are the legacy of this Prime Minister and her woeful Tory Government.
“It is a grave insult to the people of this country that our fate now lies in the hands of scheming Tory MPs and a few thousand Tory members.”
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