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And how quickly would the votes of no confidence have come in then? I don't think she would have survived suggesting some kind of Norway deal, never mind anything else that you mention - which is why she didn't say anything specific at all for so long. She was sitting on this powder keg all along. The whole thing was doomed to fail one way or another.
SwissChap
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She could have set up an investigation like the Mueller one in USA to aggressively pursue Banks et al. for foreign intervention in Brexit adn irregular campaign financing-which has been known for the last two years-and stamped on media outlets to push the liklihood that the referendum result was both bought and flawed with a view of just killing the whole enterprise before it could be enacted.
Instead of taking control of this narrative, she permitted herself to be steered by the extremists in her own party and special interest groups that stood to benefit (probably including her husband) who operated far more actively through the media and continued to steer the development of Brexit and the progress (or lack thereof) of the negotiations.
The BBC hasn't once reported Carole Cadwalladr's investigation into Banks and foreign influence on the Leave campaign- reported everywhere else-which says about as much as you need to know regarding the government's position on that or their reluctance to refer the matter to the NCA until the 1st November this year. In parliament the SNP have repeatedly challenged the government to actually respond to these reports with a view of bringing the legitimacy of the referendum into focus and they have declined on the basis that it's an ongoing investigation.
So, she's either totally fucking inept, or perfectly happy to steer us to the outcome that is coming our way.