There are two women candidates for prime minister fighting it out to gain the votes of an ageing Tory membership, which we know largely voted for Brexit. One candidate, May, was for lukewarm Remain, the other, Leadsom, for enthusiastic Brexit. \u00a0Tory MPs, the majority of whom backed Remain, \u00a0have expressed overwhelming preference for\u00a0Theresa May and she should now be forming her cabinet. Instead the country has to hang about in\u00a0a power vacuum while the campaign teams of these two candidates trade insults\u00a0in order to satisfy the rules of the Tory party. This constitutional vandalism is permitted only because we have no formal codes\u00a0by which we are governed, so governments, or the governing party, can make them\u00a0up as they go along.<\/p>\n
Mrs. Leadsom has made some perfectly valid points about the value of motherhood in shaping her experience which helped her form the priorities with which many will identify.\u00a0Unfortunately she appears to have at the same time tried to assert that the childless Mrs. May somehow fell short. The Times thought this nasty dig good weekend news. Mrs. Leadsom has gone ballistic. This Blog does not wish to entangle itself in this argument. However, I do have a question. One which if you have a vote in this contest you may wish to reflect upon.<\/p>\n
If Andrea Leadsom cannot handle the Times, how is she going to manage with Merkel and Hollande? Or Trump? Or Putin?<\/p>\n
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