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Also... a mandate, like trust itself, is a variable thing.
Theresa May was probably elected with a good majority in her local area, on local issues.
She probably has a strong mandate to get some roads resurfaced and to help ensure the local hospital gets some love from central government.
But just as one can trust a Doctor with your medical secrets, it doesn't mean trust is total. I wouldn't trust my Doctor to hold a ladder whilst I climb up it... he's a doddery old guy, and his mind is sharp but my trust is limited to the context in which it is given.
The only mandate Theresa May has stems from her constituency, and her party. She has a mandate to fix some local stuff, and to represent the Conservative party in government.
But... that is not a mandate of the people, as a Prime Minister, as a leader. Because no-one voted for their local MPs with her in mind as the leader.
And if you are going to say, but hey... people only vote locally for a representative. Sure, but it's also true that they vote with the leader in mind. Hence the personality cult, hence the issues with Labour at the moment wherein the party is unelectable to government as the leader is not someone that the people want to have as a Prime Minister.
Theresa May, and the Conservative government, at this moment do not hold a mandate of the people.
It's that simple.