Breaking: Andrea Leadsom and Theresa May will compete for Tory Leadership

[brooklynite]

Leadsom beats Gove to join May on shortlist for Conservative leadership ballot

Here are the results.
Theresa May - 199
Andrea Leadsom - 84
Michael Gove - 46 (dropped)

Party membership vote will be on September 9

[forest444]

1. They may not allow Theresa May to take over, given her revelations on rampant pedophilia in the UK.

Good for Theresa and Andrea though. It couldn't have been easy to beat the old boys club.

[pampango]

2. The boys (Cameron, Farage and Johnson) messed it up. The women clean it up.

Or at least try to contain the damage.

[forest444]

3. Well said.

And I trust these fine ladies will deter, rather than enable - like Thatcher enabled for years by systemically covering up all the child molestation going on in her inner circle.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/03/06/britain-s-horrific-vip-pedophile-cover-up.html

[Donald Ian Rankin]

4. Look up these particular women before praising them.

Yes, they have XX chromosomes. That doesn't mean that either of them is fit to be prime minister.

[pampango]

6. I am hoping (unlikely I know) for a new election and a Labour victory for Remain.

Since the Tories don't have to call an election, I expect they will simply appoint the new prime minister. Brexit will proceed under Conservative leadership. All the Conservative candidates are deeply flawed. I feel for the UK.

[Donald Ian Rankin]

9. I think there are at least two reasons that probably won't happen.

1) Why would the Tories call an election?
2) Jeremy Corbyn.

We're probably stuck with the Tories for the next nine years. I'm not looking forwards to it.

[Donald Ian Rankin]

5. You might want to look up their records and views before enthusing about them. N.T.

[forest444]

7. Point well taken.

Of course, they are Tories. We can't expect much.

Anything even slightly to the left of Maggot would probably be a welcome surprise.

[auntpurl]

8. They are both horrible. nt