Female prime ministers

Any Prime Minister is going to be viewed negatively, whether male or female, whether Labour or Conservative. It's a poisoned chalice - in that position there's no way you can please everybody.


The sex has no effect.

we need a good female prime minister so it doesn't taint people's idea of female prime ministers and show both male and female prime ministers can be good as well as bad.

Name a good Prime Minister.

My boi Attlee

What do you lot think of Margaret Thatcher and Theresa May? Do you think they have made positive change? Do you think having a female prime minister in the future would be a good thing? Why or why not?
I have negative opinions about both of them because of things like poll tax, budget cuts and the Falklands war during Thatcher's time (my friends and her parents HATE her with a burning passion) and Theresa May being like a robot and not doing much good for this country (my friend has a strong opinion about her too as she's very political) in general but the idea of a female prime minister that could positively impact Britain is one I'm on board with, though a good prime minister doesn't depend on their gender identity but their qualities, however it's time we had a good female prime minister.
What do you guys think?

Name a good Prime Minister.

Why do you think sex has anything to do with this?

And what exactly do you think was negative about Thatcher's response to the Falklands?

Churchill

The fact that she initiated a war

No I was just asking for opinions and no I don't I think it's qualities that counts.
The fact that she initiated a war that killed people I mean fair enough so did other prime ministers but there were other negative qualities of her (just as with any prime minister) but there were more with her.

No I was just asking for opinions and no I don't I think it's qualities that counts.
The fact that she initiated a war that killed people I mean fair enough so did other prime ministers but there were other negative qualities of her (just as with any prime minister) but there were more with her.

Why does the Falklands war, initiated by an invasion from a foreign power, cause you to have a negative opinion of Margaret Thatcher? How does her leadership during this crisis compare to the leadership of a male prime minister e.g. Tony Blair taking our country into a war in Iraq?

The racist, sexist drunk who oversaw alleged war crimes?

Not so much...

Name a good Prime Minister.

I never said Tony Blair was good and taking our county to war in Iraq was awful (though I don't remember this because I am only a young teenager with very little political or world awareness however I do know things and have opinions like anyone else). Because she helped the war continue and stuff. Also, surely we're all entitled to our opinions? I respect other people's opinions so I at least expect them to respect mine if that's ok.