‘They should be ashamed of themselves!’: Voters in Theresa May’s seat of Maidenhead slam Tory rebels who forced no confidence vote
- Maidenhead locals back Mrs May as she vows to fight effort to oust her as PM
- They claim she is trying to do her ‘very, very best’ and say: ‘It’s Cameron’s fault’
- Mrs May has resisted calls to bring her Brexit deal back before the Commons
Constituents in Theresa May’s seat of Maidenhead – which she has held since 1997 – today backed her as she vowed to fight an effort to oust her as Prime Minister.
Mrs May needs to secure the votes of 158 Tory MPs – half the parliamentary party plus one – in a ballot this evening to remain as Conservative party leader.
And local residents in the Berkshire town claimed those trying to force her out should be ‘ashamed of themselves’ as she tries to do her ‘very, very best’.
People in the high street also praised her efforts for local people – with others saying they were ‘shocked’ at the news and claiming: ‘It’s Cameron’s fault.’
The PM has resisted calls to bring her Brexit deal back before the Commons, and insisted a general election would not be ‘in the national interest’.
But Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn denounced her actions as ‘totally and absolutely unacceptable’, while the SNP’s Ian Blackford today called on her to resign.
Here is what the locals MailOnline spoke to in Maidenhead today had to say:
BARRIE DAVIES – 74, retired doctor
‘I think the people that are trying to get her out should be ashamed of themselves. There is no one else in the Conservative Party that could have done a better job than her in Europe. But I think she has given way a little too easily too Jean-Claude Juncker, she was too easy on him, and we could have stamped our feet a bit more.
‘She is absolutely brilliant as a local MP. She is always out and about in the town, and my wife gets involved in the church in Maidenhead and she is always there – she is a good MP.
‘I would prefer someone a little bit harder for Brexit if she goes – but I suspect we would come out with a no deal, but I don’t fear it. I want out. It is another layer of government and jobs for the boys – unelected boys, as well.’
JOSETTE WOODWARD – 55, cook
‘As a local MP she is very good. She tried to help me when I needed help trying to get a four-bedroom house for me and my mum, but she couldn’t do it.
‘She was here not long ago for the platinum employee at Specsavers – I know that as I made the cakes!
‘As PM, with Brexit I think she has sold us down the river, because I personally wanted us to be in control of out borders and our laws, but with this deal we are not in control of our laws or borders.
‘But I don’t know who could have done a better job. She has done the best she can, I understand.
‘Jeremy Corbyn, I wouldn’t want him him as Prime Minister. David Cameron has sold people down the river. I think she fights for her people. But with Brexit, I am still not quite clear.’
JAVON TAFFE – 23, consultant
‘I think that it is a good thing that the vote of confidence has come through.
‘But I think that it is terrible timing and if this was to happen, it should have happened earlier.
‘Considering we are stuck with the Conservative Party I would go with Boris Johnson… I really enjoyed him as Mayor of London, and he was one of the forefront campaigners for the Leave campaign.
‘Jeremy Corbyn – I like him, and he is definitely for the people, but I feel his views are a bit too far left. Between him and Theresa May, I would go with Corbyn. ‘
HABID HACHED – 69, retired restaurant owner
‘Theresa May is and always was doing a grand, grand job for the community of Maidenhead, for England, and she is doing her very, very best. Unfortunately, I am really sad about the news her fellow MPs have turned against her. We used to meet up every ten weeks for Pub Watch meetings in a Public House, and she used to come and sit with us and listen, and she knew people by name. That’s how amazing she is.
‘I don’t think there is a person in a strong and good enough position – we are about to reach the finishing line, and it is really bad to get rid of her now. It is not the right time. I stayed up late last night and saw the rumours, and it was the first thing I saw on BBC Breakfast and it was bad news. I was shocked.’
(Who should replace Theresa May?) ‘Definitely a Brexiteer to take over, but she is doing her job. She is going to get what the British people voted for.’
(Who should replace her if she is toppled)? ‘Not Jeremy Corbyn. Theresa May is doing her best.’
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DAVID HONG – 69, retired chef
‘I think she is quite good for our community – everytime something, or an issue, appears in the local newspaper, she will always come to help the community. She is very, very good, I think.
‘In the bigger politics, I think she is doing her very best for our government, working very hard and doing her best for our people, because at this moment the biggest party against her is Labour – and I don’t think Jeremy Corbyn can do better than Theresa May.
‘He is always against the government and it is not helping her – if the government have done something to help, it is always against, against, against.’
NOEL BAKER – 56, company director
‘What I think we will find is there will be a quiet number who will abstain, and she will get the vote of confidence.
‘Quite frankly, it is not of her own making anyway. She has done her best, but of course, all the other things that should have been done have not been dealt with.
‘It is Cameron’s fault! He should’ve been brought before them to account for his behaviour. History will judge her as a brilliant Prime Minister like John Major was… she has been landed in it and she is doing her best.
‘I don’t know who I would want to replace her. I wouldn’t be surprised if Jeremy Corbyn is the next Prime Minister – everyone under 30 would vote for him.’
SIMON BROWN – 51, accountant
‘I think she is OK, and has done a reasonable job.
‘She is aware of things going on in the community, and keeps a relatively high profile.
‘As Prime Minister, I think she has taken on a difficult role and is doing the best she can.
‘She comes across as stubborn, but she is doing the best she can and I back her.
‘I don’t feel there is a better alternative.
‘I think she has been given an impossible job and she has not been helped by the cabinet around her, but she has done the best she can.
‘Being stubborn is probably what was required.’
ROBERT WOODWARD – 58, emergency medical technician
‘I think she is quite good as a local MP, to be honest, and she has ended up in the job because as you know, the Prime Minister at the time couldn’t hold his responsibilities.
‘Although she is a Remainer, she has accepted the result of the public vote and gone with that plan.
‘I am not convinced by the plan, but she is working for what the public have voted for.
‘Cameron upped sticks and left, so from that perspective she has done a brilliant job. She has always had an impossible job.
‘If she had taken power and held another referendum she would be totally wrong – but she moved forward with it. I’m sure somebody could have done a better job but I couldn’t name them.
‘My own view of politicians is they are all quite self-serving and in their own interests. When you get to a patient that needs your help, all the politics and all that cr** goes out of the window and you just get on with helping people.’
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