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Theresa May - Coggle Diagram
Theresa May
Leadership of party and government
Post snap elections had huge problems with back bencher rebellions because lack of majority
Huge problems with tory party because they viewed themselves as natural winners
Significant amount of members of cabinet and government resigned - 4 in one day on 24th of july
Cabinet relations
2016 cabinet reshuffle ruthless
Even split of leavers and remainers made it very hard to get anything done
Lost 43 cabinet and government members across whole of being prime minister
Had good control pre-election
DUP involvement
Drove a very strong and hard supply and confidence arrangement
Were not happy with brexit deal because of NI laws
Made it very hard for her to do anything because of lack of majority
Caused problems and internal divisions in party because Conservatives view themselves as natural winners
Key events
War on terror
Pushing brexit
Snap election
Brexit key moments
Chequers
Gave deal to cabinet night before meant to debate it on sunday
Hoped to push it through forcefully because of lack of time
NI problems
Brexit deal caused problems with good friday agreement
May said would get EU to agree with new deal but was not able to
Caused bigger problems with the DUP
Wanted to come up with deal that was not too harsh on the economy but did not want to upset hard leavers too much
Reasons for her downfall
Snap election
DUP arrangement
Cabinet relations
Popularity
Never very popular with backbenchers or electorate
Electorate liked her much less post snap election
Pre snap election electorate appreciated what she was trying to do was very hard
Snap election
Relationship with the electorate after
Poor because tried to run presedential campaign and did not have the personality for it
Appeared very stiff and unrelatable
Poll ratings dropped very low
Relationship with the media
Very strained
Was meant to have debates with corbyn but never showed up
Slandered quite a lot
Ran presedential campaign but was not effective