Andrea Leadsom - please stand for leadership!

[Millyonthefloss2]

Anyone agree?

That lying simpering woman as PM, what a deeply grim prospect.

Junker will wipe the floor with her.

The next PM will be a woman. That's Tories 2 - Labour 0

Yes, the score board is really what concerns me at the moment.

The idea that Leadsom is the leader the country needs at this point, actually makes me properly laugh.

It shows how weak the Tories are, actually.

Which is encouraging in terms of a) going for an EEA deal or b) calling the whole thing off.

My only hope is that Leadsom is so clearly rubbish and May won the MPs vote so decisively, that even the conservative members can't see her as PM - can they ?

Am visiting parents tomorrow, will do noble deed on behalf of mumsnetters. They aren't members of the conservative party but vote conservative, read the Daily torygraph and were keen brexiteers. If I can bring myself to ask the question I'll see who they swing for. If it's Leadsom then I bet she gets in - lack of qualifications, lied on CV and inability to speak in public without making a fool of herself, not withstanding.

'even the conservative members can't see her as PM - can they ?'

The inmates are clearly in charge of the asylum. Nothing will surprise me.

Oh Jesus. Thank God my family all have EU passports. If that woman gets in we're out of here as soon as we can.

I can see why Tory MPs think she's a better prospect than Gove, but the fact that this is the only alternative candidate that Tories on the Brexit side of the fence can dredge up speaks volumes about the sheer paucity of thinking that underlies Brexit.

She won't get it. May's now a shoo in.

On the other hand there a lot of mad Telegraph readers.

I can see why Tory MPs think she's a better prospect than Gove, but the fact that this is the only alternative candidate that Tories on the Brexit side of the fence can dredge up speaks volumes about the sheer paucity of thinking that underlies Brexit

I find it because it indicates they're weaker than may have been feared.

The world is even weirder than I ever thought possible.

It is! I'm not sure I'm going to come out of this whole thing a sane woman. I think I'll wake up drunk in a gutter somewhere, and this whole thing will have been a dream.

May is still way ahead with the MPs, but I guess anything can happen when it goes out to the party.

Don't say it's a done deal Manon - that's what people said about the Brexit vote and look how that turned out.

Mind you with Leadsom in "charge" she'd make such a complete arse of it that there would be a vote of no confidence fairly quickly I suppose. Does anyone know if that triggers a general election or just another Tory PM competition?

She's going to be put under a level of scrutiny much greater then she's ever been under before. Will be interesting to see what's going to come out, especially as the Murdoch press don't seem to be particularly keen on her...

Well she can release her tax returns now. No more excuses.

When I said "AL may be the lesser of two evils", I meant that at least Macbeth and his Lady are out of the game. As for AL...

Alarming that the Tories have no real talent.

Alarming that the Tories have no real talent.

They have no talent that is so ruthless they want to take part in a Tory Leadership battle.

There may be a difference.

The papers all seem to be saying that the Labour party have more or less given up trying to oust Jeremy Corbyn.

The 172 labour mps who don't back Corbyn won't leave the party as they don't want to leave the brand and infrastructure behind, apparently. On the other hand, its hard to see how they can reverse their publicly expressed opinion of Corbyn either. So, they are stuck between a rock and a hard place.

Come the next election, will long standing labour voters still vote Labour? In Scotland, the SNP gave them another option but I can't see where it will come from in England - not UKIP surely?

So, let's say AL gets in, and she's even worse than you all say? When it gets to 2020 and there's an election, who will people vote fro if they don't want the Conservatives to win?

Oh Jesus. Thank God my family all have EU passports. If that woman gets in we're out of here as soon as we can.

I'm packing up too

Wishful thinking maybe, but I always liked the LibDems.

Don't say it's a done deal Manon - that's what people said about the Brexit vote and look how that turned out

That's why I said: 'On the other hand there are a lot of mad Telegraph readers'.

The plus side is that if she gets in a general election will be called within the week.

I think the answer is to put Corbyn in the Tower of London.

I understand Labour's problem, but Pepsi vs Coke worked.

So I would break away and form Labour Max and absorb the 8 LibDem MPs to whom there really is no point.

Leadsom has no substance behind her statements, can't even call them policies.

I never thought I'd be hoping for TM as next PM.

2016 is turning into some weird twilight zone.