Theresa May: Brexit and Boris ruined my time as prime minister 

She made some mistakes, but I actually believe had the circumstances been better she would have made a decent prime minister. The successors to that office have been woefully underwhelming, lacking even a shred of decency and competence.

Theresa May had her lows, and faults, but was far better than Boris Johnson. In my opinion.

2019: Surely they couldn't choose a PM worse than May. 2022: Surely they couldn't choose a PM worse than Johnson. 2022: Surely they couldn't choose a PM worse than Truss. 2023: Surely they couldn't choose a PM worse than Sunak. Her premiership suddenly doesn't seem so bad.

One thing about her, she really had the best intentions for our country.

Great interview. Can't imagine Partygate happening under Theresa May!

I'd love to hear her on The Rest is Politics with Alistair Campbell and Rory Stewart

As an American , I never understood why she wasn't popular. She seemed a good PM.

I’m closer to socialism than to conservatism. I think TM blundered enormously during the Grenfell Tower tragedy: not visiting the victims. That said I trusted her as a sincere politician, that she brought seriousness to her political career and to her constituents.

Whatever you think of her as prime minister - she was brilliant as Blakey in On The Buses...

This is what a poitician should be like, its so sad that the media, the opposition and members of her own party ruined her

Wasn’t a good pm but not as sociopathic as boris nor arrogantly ambitious like truss. I like her, she seems quite witty and engaging, and very principled. Boris is funny, however May has no apparent sociopathy like Boris. Never knew she liked cricket - she and Sir John Major have that in common.

I really liked her as PM, it's a huge shame she was outed too soon. She was better than anyone since and some before

She's just a fundamentally honest and well intentioned person. That is more important to me than ANYTHING else.

She has great humility

A decent public servant who did her best under extremely turbulent circumstances! God bless you, Theresa!

Thanks for getting rid of 20 000 coppers, what a great legacy. Glad she has a smile on her face, very funny isnt it? UK crime stats up by as much as x4 in many of our towns and cities.

Love the response from Mrs. May on the question of faith and whether polticians should be talking more about theirs. Elected officials are not in office to represent themselves. They are there to represent their constituents. All of them! This business of being more upfront about your "feelings" is why there is increasing narcissism on display in politics today and why the Western civilisation is slowly sliding back to disarray!

It's a shame that a serious politician didn't get asked more serious questions.

I think people will look back in time and realise that the deal that she put forward (Norway +) should have passed through parliament!

'As a trainee radio journalist I was told by the BBC trained editor - never ever ever ask 'how do you feel?' (practically a sackable offence...but not today, clearly)

Brexit ruined my time when she was prime minister too. But it got worse when it happened after she left.

Never been a fan but Mrs May comes across as genuine in this interview. I’ll definitely read the book.

Another Tory disaster.

I’m instinctively Labour but at least what we got from this lady was substance. The 3 that have come after her don’t have that.

I am a lifetime Labour supportor however, I was sad to see Mrs May go. I thought at the time that her own parlimentary party destroyed her, she did not forge the support needed to retain power. This failure was soo destructive to the country and the fault lies with Mrs May.

This woman was almost too nice to be Prime Minister. She was never going to be allowed to succeed because i have a sneaking suspicion she may actually be a good person, and that won't do in politics.

A truly world class demonstration of mutual back slapping..... yuk

It's a great interview and they both do well. I do however find it strange that Teresa May, according to this interview, comes across as caring about social issues. At the time she was very hard line.

The most important things we learnt from May is you can scrape the mold off jam and it's naughty to run through wheat fields, that about sums up her premiership.

Grenfell Tower fire and making thousands of Policemen redundant ruined her time as PM!!!!

I'd never vote Conservative and never will, but I do think history will be kinder to Theresa May's premiership, especially compared to BloJo, Lettuce, and Sunackered

She absolutely was the best chance in post Brexit era to somehow save the country, yet she was sabotaged by those who lied to British people how amazing Brexit is going to be for them.

She's a fantastic backbencher, who holds her party to account. Especially, with how disgusting they are now!

This is probably the first time I’ve really liked Mrs May. Ruth Davidson terrific too! So pleased to have seen this.

She was utterly useless at every position she held.

I cannot believe how much I agree with her!

Thoroughly out of her depth and white anted by her colleagues. Stood as much chances as a cinder in snow.

Did she even say "Brexit and Boris ruined my time as prime minister"?

Ironic that Ruth Davidson gave up politics to go and sit in the House of Lords.

At least she’s a decent, honest & hardworking individual far better than Boris

I regard Theresa May as the last (morally) decent British Prime Minister. I'll definitely read her book ("The Abuse of Power" was it?).

All she says about herself, all she and the interview wants to bring across, somebody with some life experience could well recognize what she was more elevated and hence confirm: She is decent, she is humble, she is a servant, she has her heart at the right place, she is a template for how the political industry could get more accepted and as much accepted to prevail safely. Disagreements in issues can not mean to not recognize a person's and a politician's qualities. The opposite. It means to find the best common solution which then likely is second to none. Politics is not about show and entertainment. Politics is about destilling the best out of incredible complex ingredients. What she is doing right now is honorable. But she could do more in coaching future generations of the people's representatives. Anyway - all honor!

At a time of AI technology induced change, so pleased to hear about the importance of Values! Reduction of harms etc. Wish Teresa May another stint as PM in the future. We are back to the future as it were ...

My daughter found a clay pipe, Sally Morgan kindly and so very generously predicted it once had been in a man's mouth, the audience was stunned, how could Sally have known this obscure fact? Absolutely stunned the audience was, totally amazing ability, you could have heard a pin drop in the theatre, this revalation that the pipe had been in a man's mouth literally left the attendees gobsmacked!

That snap election was so opportunistic and badly executed that she self destructed. It just shows how bad it has been since that she’s getting this kind of rehabilitation.

Clearly a decent woman.Her book is first class.

One positive thing I could say about Theresa May is that she delivered an excellent tribute in the House of Commons following the death of our beloved Queen. It was personal, it had humour, it honoured Her Majesty's wisdom, and it was moving!

Excellent and Teresa comes across very very well. Very impressive. I will definitely get her book.

Hindsight made her look better than she did in her times. Which is true of almost everything.

What a hypocrite!

Ohh, poor woman. As if she wasn't the one to scramble to take the position when it opened after Brexit.

For all her flaws, she was still infinitely better than Boris. But it's time to ditch the Conservatives.

Much more witty than Boris.

This woman has no right to be talking about Social Justice.

I think she essentially in an impossible situation at the time. Yes mistakes were done but I genuinely think shes a capable good person unlike 99% of them.

She was basically kicked out because Boris and his mates said she wasn’t delivering on Brexit, but at least she was honest about the problems. Instead we had all the lies and incompetence…

Awful home secretary and awful prime minister. I'll accept that she tried to get a sensible brexit deal as much as realistically possible but that's it. She deserves no more praise than Cameron, Truss, Johnson or Sunak.

She cried after her departing speech at Number 10. She had the last laugh though.

Actually is was Arlene Foster who did her in.

It's good these two Tories can have a laugh together after turning the country into a skip fire.

TM's Brexit fudge worked for me.

OK, I'll add a serious remark here. I'm not knocking the many worthy pi$$-takers ( I am one, after all, who cannot take this prez or its participants seriously): Treeza says what a weighty load it was to bear, sending the air-force off to bomb "Iraq chemical weapons factories" because "some of the [pilots] may not come back". I notice that she did not mention that some of the bombs might land on civilians who were unlucky enough to be in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Excellent interview

Her coming on to the stage dancing, was the most cringe thing I've ever seen. 😄

I get missed hers voice every now and then, beautiful accents

Politicians talking about substance, rare bird that! Is there any here? Substance?

Well, on the other hand, at least all of that is far better than running through fields of wheat

If their Tories where really like what these two women’s believe we’d be a much better country. I say as a staunch labour and member voter who would still oppose that tory party

Two Lib/Dems remember fondly how they tried to shaft Brexit. Woeful to watch, so I saved myself the pain and simply left this comment.

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How can one deal with Pandora's box in the middle of a snake pit after a very British coup? ( where's the bird, still in the egg?)

Brilliant conversation

Grim reading when the royal navy Cant do anything without Brussels approval

She looks like a very warm person with good manners, i like her a lot. I’m not British but she is my favorite British PM. 🇭🇺🇬🇧

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One word; Strictly! Show Anne how it’s done!

Bring back Ruth and Tresemmé.

Ruth Davidson is an awful interviewer. I wish she had stopped interrupting during an answer or transposing herself into the narrative. Very irritating.

Her and lizzy truss were a good enough reason never to allow a woman to become pm ever again.

Theresa May is too 'guarded' More open would be good. She must have had one good night out 😂

You messed it up all by yourself luv

Come on! Theresa May like every politicians, you want to make some money out of her stories.

I believe we lost a great leader of this country prematurely ! Ruth Davidson is a Blinder Interviewer! Well done.

Sound man for the Times clearly not paying attention and switching the mic between who's speaking..... When you notice it, it's really frustrating!

It seemed at the time like she was the worst prime minister possible. Thankfully for her, Bumbling Boris and Lettuce Liz came along to save her legacy 😂

So the 1st Conservative Party gathering she was invited to as a young Conservative, was a 'Vicars & T@rts' party? Odd people.

She bungled Brexit and the EU leaders snubbed her publicly. She embarrassed the country with her shortcomings.

"rather than thinking about what was necessarily going to work for the whole of the country, and what I wanted to do was to deliver Brexit, but do it in a way that recognised that 48% of the country voted Remain" By not seeking bi-partisanship or even try and pull in people like Ken Clarke from your own party, repeatedly saying 'Brexit is Brexit' and absolutely fail at coming up with a negotiating position with the EU at the start of withdrawal negotiations and only really having a firm view come July 2018 at Chequers.

Great politician

I appreciate Theresa May, she is sincere, wise, honest and in the job for the right reasons. I do find it is time to come to realization that the typical contraposition between progressives and conservatives is in fact non sensical. The traditional "I am right and you are wrong attitude", or the implicit "they do everything wrong and we (would) do everything right" does not help the electorate nor the country. I am particularly referring to debates in the House of Commons that I follow, but also interviews with key people on "either side". Their attitude if that is the right word for it, shows us over the years how counterproductive that contrapositioning is. If we look at the magnitude of problems the world is facing, it is time to come together for the sake of well being of next generations. I saw an interview recently with Rory Stewart. When asked about the differences between Labour (progressives?) and conservatives, he answered that he considers conservatives to take more time to consider pro's and con's of solutions to issues before making decisions, being more considerate of longer term economic effects of decisions.......I felt that was a poor and unfair answer, but if that is what really differentiates progressives from conservatives, than what would be stopping them to actually closely work together. Listening to the broader, longer term objectives of either party, there is hardly any difference. The debate is mainly about how to get there.....Do we really have time for that type of debate?

How can she look at someone in the eyes and say Brexit and Boris ruined it for her!! Cameron stepped down saying he couldn't carry on as PM because he was a remainer. She took the job saying Brexit means Brexit, while all the time she was meant to be so called negotiating, she lied. She was in cahoots with unelected elite in Brussels but kept telling us Brexit means Brexit!! I believed her!!

She would have better PM if she was given more time. She should not have called early elections.

Didn't think she was great. Then the next three came along. Turns out she was alright, actually.

Good.show🙂🇬🇧

Amazing view......

15:20 Weird/annoying comment from Ruth. She actually wasn't giving a politicians answer. The politicians answer would be to say the other side are all wrong. She was clearly about to actually give the other side credit for maturing and changing their opinion on their opposition.

She was a waste off space as PM

A decent human being

One word - Grenfell

Nobody put her to call that election in 2018 against the "coalition of chaos".