Interesting to see all the opinions. I can see now that Theresa May is possibly the only candidate that could appeal to people that voted Remain. Leadsom is disliked because of her high-profile involvement in the campaign - even though her role was positive rather than negative and involved no nastiness to her colleagues.
What I like about Leadsom is that she has so much successful senior management experience - long solid spells in each job - not just token stuff. She reminds me of people I've worked with that I respect and trust.
Plus, after her investigations into the Libor scandal she told the BBC that George Osborne might want to apologise to Ed Balls for having suggested that Balls was implicated in the rate fixing. I think that was a courageous and principled thing to do (but I may be biased because I dislike Osborne so much).
As for the support she is getting from Banks at Leave.eu, she is getting the support of Leave supporters of all kinds - both extreme and moderate - because they don't trust Theresa May to take us out of the EU. (Possibly wrongly - everyone knows May is a eurosceptic.)
Personally, I would be happy with May or Leadsom. I just think Leadsom has more going for her. Anyway, I'm not a Tory member or even a Tory voter so I don't know why I am so exercised about all this! I think I need an EU referendum detox - a week's walking holiday in the wilds with no internet maybe.