Theresa May, Borrowing from Labour, Vows to Extend Protections for Workers
Bale said that It is difficult to know where Nick Timothy ends and Theresa May begins, because Theresa May has never given anything much away,
But Mrs. May "has not overnight become a continental Christian Democrat," Mr. Bale added, noting
that "hers is maybe more the view that, economically, things have got a little out of kilter and that the vote for Brexit was a reflection of that." Stagnating wages among low earners and resentment at rising immigration were thought to be the principal driving force behind last year’s vote to leave the European Union.
By STEPHEN CASTLEMAY 15, 2017
LONDON — Since emerging as prime minister from the political wreckage of last year’s vote to quit the European Union, Theresa May
has told Britain’s voters little about what she believes, aside from stressing her desire for a clean break from the bloc.
On Monday Mrs. May promised that, if elected, her Conservative Party would extend protections for workers in the "gig economy," increase minimum pay levels
and ensure a year’s unpaid leave for those who care for a sick relative.
In one article published last year, he appealed to his party to "adopt a relentless focus on governing in the interests of ordinary, working people." Mrs. May, a clergyman’s daughter, has also stressed her desire to help the so-called JAMS — those "just about managing" to get by —
and presented herself as being more in tune with the values of provincial England than with those of its globalized capital city, London.
But with an election looming, Mrs. May is promoting some strikingly centrist social
and economic policies, reaching out across the political divide to traditional supporters of the opposition Labour Party, many of whose incomes were squeezed after the financial crash.