We no longer believe in Forgiveness for honest mistakes

A nasty characteristic of the resignation of Theresa May is the way that many people have put the boot in particularly as she broke down into tears at an emotional moment where she was resigning from the job she loved leading the country she loves in a difficult period.


It's not hard to find the critics. This is a sample from the Guardian on one day.

‘She had no tears for Windrush’

‘A self serving statement utterly devoid of real insight’

‘She was crying for herself not the country’

These are a selection of the howling that followed her resignation speech. 

My observation is that there is little mercy or forgiveness from the headlines whereas the public understands that people make genuine mistakes and expect mercy and understanding if you try and do the right thing even if it is the wrong thing or even worse the unpopular thing.

Although the social media warriors get a buzz out of this I wonder how they expect to be treated when they screw up and how the lessons that their friends and family draw from seeing their calculated attack on someone who has already demonstrated that she is feeling vulnerable. 

This came after a week where the media flaunted their credentials on mental health with television programmes about it, people being interviewed and lots and lots of articles about it, particularly by journalists who had suffered. 

Theresa May wanted the Conservatives to cease being the Nasty party but instead, she has seen the electorate become a Nasty country. 

I wish her well for the future.