"Seems to me the Labour Party has just imploded and handed to the tories a long time in. Office"
The British Labour Party needs to look long and hard at what's happened to their counterpart in the Irish Republic.
Years of watered down principles, coalition and compromise with the right has led to their virtual disappearance from the scene - take a look at the last election results.
People here have turned to the independents for the change they want - luckily we have a proportional representation system capable of influencing individual issues (water charges seem to have been kicked into touch and attempts as refuse collection profiteering has been slowed down) but the big issues, such as homelessness and the exploitation and mismanagement of the economy by the powerful and influential need something more.
Labour doesn't need a "strong leadership" in needs a principled one.
As far as May is concerned, she has all the makings of an Iron Lady in a velvet frock.
Jim Carroll