Has Theresa May just made the first TRIPLE u-turn in UK politics?
Theresa May leaves Downing Street, with chief of staff Gavin Barwell behind her. Unfortunately it seems likely the car will also perform a u-turn at some point, and bring them both back [Image: REUTERS].
Of course, it had to happen with a proverbial knife to her throat (or, in Tory style, to her back).
Theresa May secretly agreed to perform a triple-u turn and give struggling nurses and firefighters a pay rise after all, it was claimed last night.
It would mark the third about face on the public sector pay cap in a single day.
A Tory spokesperson said on Wednesday that Mrs May had “heard the message” of the election and would listen to “pay review” which have branded the cap unsustainable.
But pressed for more detail later that same day, the PM’s official spokesperson walked back the idea, saying repeatedly: “Our policy has not changed”.
But on Wednesday afternoon, the Sun reports, 20 senior Tory MPs “marched on Number 10” demanding action on the pay cap.
[At] a secret meeting with the MPs, who reportedly included former Tory chairman Grant Shapps , the Prime Minister’s chief of staff, Gavin Barwell said struggling public service workers would get a decent pay rise.
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Even Margaret Thatcher gave nurses a decent pay rise! Perhaps, it’s true and Theresa May really has found the Magic Money Tree! I wonder if she’ll throw some of its fruit my way(!)
All well and good they deserve it and I am very glad that Labour has twisted her again forcing her to accede to what should always have been so.
However , one should be VERY wary of any Tory concession as we know they LIE thro their teeth EVERY TIME . Lets wait and see exactly what is actually delivered and when. More so with 20 other bastard tory’s like Grant Shapps , or whatever he is choosing to call himself today , then I wonder if their only concern is more likely the ability to continue the privatisation of our NHS because you can’t sell it off with no staff , no Dtrs or Nurses etc who are leaving and can’t be replaced because of the atrocious Tory actions against our NHS
and how much did all those MPs claim to attend the day they voted on this? just a thought
Isn’t this really a W turn?
Eventually of course she will make so many U-turns that she will disappear up her own…