Andrea Leadsom

Didn't she change her mind from Remain to BREXIT a woman of 'integrity' obviously

Doesn't matter which (witch) of them gets in, they will be both in it for themselves not the country. I despair of them all. We're doomed! (As Private Fraser would say)

Love your observation about Mrs West, AB! ? I agreed with you, Daphne, and Tegan I bet Mother Theresa was anti abortion and anti gays. (Bit of a dragon from what I've heard...)
I heard today that Murdoch told Boris he had something on him and he couldn't possibly run for PM.
Interesting times.
Anyone know a nice Scottish island that accepts incomers?

I think the most worrying thing about her is the complete lack of experience. She has been an MP for something like six years and had only a very low ministerial position. She has ever been to a Cabinet meeting and would obviously need to be chairing a meeting. This then leads on to the role of negotiating the UK leaving the EU - she would need to deal with all the very experienced politicians of the EU. Yes she would have Civil Servants to help her etc but she also appears to be somewhat headstrong and therefore unsuitable. In many ways it is a pity that Cameron resigned so quickly as he would at least know what he was dealing with.

Andrea Leadsom is not Prime Minister material.I believe she would do us no good at all.

The BBC issued the interview transcript and it seems that she was not misquoted.
Her CV has been torn to shreds by those who worked with her,and not for tiny exaggerations either.
Others have come forward stating that they in fact were responsible for the set up of Surestart and not Leadsom.
She does not have the political stature or experience required to lead the UK at such a taxing time.

Amber Rudd ,who is her senior colleague,was very verbal regarding the lack of Leadsoms experience,

There are plenty of mums in this country,but to lead it we need a competent politician.
I do not think that Teresa May has done a 100% job as home secretary,but she is by far the best candidate.
Being PM is not solely about Brexit,and a remain voter is not an issue.

I have just read that Leadsom decided she would like to be prime minister when she was 13!!
Hopefully,her ambition will not be achieved.

It has already. The reporter says she didn't bring up the topic but now has backtracked and said she did! The Establishment is doing everything to undermine her because they are 75% Remain.

I fear for our country if she is PM. I'm afraid she's demonstrated extreme naïveté in her dealings with the media. How on earth is she going to deal with the very tough challenges she would face ? She is way out of her depth. It's not all about Brexit.

Leadsom is an opportunist - pure and simple. If there hadn't been a referendum, she wouldn't have had the opportunity to put herself forward.
It's not just leading on Brexit that is being voted on here, but management of the whole country. Her suggestionargument that a childless person compared with a parent has no stake in the future of this country proves she has poor judgement about what is acceptable and appropriate.
Theresa May has been a Cabinet Minister for several years with a difficult portfolio. She has the ability and experience to move up to the next level.
Andrea Leadsom should prove she can move up to the next level before being given the top job.

Lizzypopbottle to me she has been Margo Leadbetter ever since I first came across her. Read some of her quotes!

Andrea Loathsome has shown herself to be completely and utterly unsuitable for PM. This is the most serious political situation for several generations and the country needs someone with experience to steer us out of the mire we find ourselves in. If this woman cant even see when she is being tricked by a Times journalist into saying things which are controversial, then she has no place in government let alone on the world stage. As for her silly little claims about it being unfair, just grow up and leave the big jobs to the grown ups. She is either very very stupid, and cannot see that the others who got us into this mess are leaving fast ( apart from the grinning sinister child catcher Ian Duncan-Smith), or she is maniacally deluded and really thinks that she is the one for the job. I could weep.

Go for it Andrea! Fresh blood is what is required! May sits on the fence.

Maybe if AL gets in she will give him a job- Boris as the new chancellor dd?

Sorry, not funny but

(I heard you from miles away dd!)

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

Just think a few weeks ago we thought Boris as PM was the worst thing that could happen. Now we have the possibility of AL should we start a petition to Bring Back Boris?

Good post, maglil.

My 18 year old son felt the same as you. Obviously, he's only a teenager, but he does have a huge interest in economics. He was supposed to be doing work experience at the Bank of England this Summer, but he's broken his leg and can't go - he's gutted. I also worked for Reuters Economic Services many years ago, so picked up something of the way about how markets, etc. work. I would expect a real economist to use some technical terms, but she just doesn't.

It was only my son's gut feeling, but he couldn't understand why anybody who was supposed to know so much about financial services couldn't answer any questions directly and was making financial 'promises' she must have known to be empty promises. She also said that she didn't see any immediate financial implications of BREXIT. Anybody with any knowledge about major change MUST have known there would be implications one way or the other. She comes over as somebody who has a good knowledge of the 'Noddy Book of Economics'.

I hadn't heard of Andrea Leadsom before she stood up as a potential PM. I would have thought Theresa May's childlessness, although regretted, gives her an edge, since she won't have any childcare issues to distract her from her job. That's rather like a man, even in today's slightly more enlightened times! Cynical? Moi?

I have heard that just before the referendum more than 95% of comments on social media were pro-brexit, in part due to the large donations (from Arron Banks and other unaccountable brexiteer millionaires) being used to employ trolls to post their poisonous and dishonest rhetoric day and night, (in the same way as the SNP cybernats).

If this is true, is this the only way that future political campaigns can be won? Such a depressing and dispiriting thought.

I've felt over the past few weeks that I, perhaps, need to insert a babelfish in my ear ....

anniebach
Not sure that is the right word!
DD's two bitches are very sweet, but have now retreated to their baskets, very upset.
Neither is a mum yet btw.

Manipulative? Unscrupulous? Naive?
Or having her strings pulled by someone who thinks she has charisma and appeal and who wants a puppet PM?

JessM It worries me that people find her "charming". Having said that I didn't get the attraction of Boris either (at least not as a potential PM). I had 39 years in Financial Services and I had major doubts about her experience in Finance based on comments she made. Take that away and what are you left with? For any job there has to be key competencies and skills and this is surely even more important for the role of PM. I feel very, very sad about the prospects for this country. We are seeing similar vitriolic rants from some Brexiteers as we experienced from the so called Cybernats post IndyRef in Scotland. It does come from a minority but it is a sizable minority. The rise of these extreme groups should be a major cause for concern. I know they concern me.

Did you listen to the interview obieone?? (I gave you a link)
The rest of the country which has either read it in full in The Tines, extracts in other papers or heard the salient parts seem on no doubt.Your attitude reminds me of a certain "doubting Thomas"

Welcome our of the shadows Maglil. The problem is that Leadsom comes across as a lot more charming and personable than May. Even John Major, who was characterised as being "grey", came across as a lot more lively. (and certainly does these days!)
Also the demographic of the 150,000 Tory Party members who will vote for the leader is strongly reminiscent of the profile of those who voted to Leave. It's possible that there is a strong anti EU bias amongst the members.
I understand May has been quietly going around the country meeting the membership over the last year. I wonder if she comes across any differently in that situation.

I havent seen the full transcript anywhere yet. So until I have, no.

Imagine the incompetence of the woman. Dear oh dear. Mind you given what we've had to endure recently.