Posted on 07/08/2016 4:03:40 AM PDT by RoosterRedux
Theresa May is the candidate to beat in the Conservative leadership election, after winning the support of 60% of the parliamentary party.
However, Jeremy Corbyn’s election as Labour leader last year showed that members do not necessarily vote for the candidate favoured by MPs.
Andrea Leadsom now has about six weeks to woo the Conservative membership, who are likely to be more rightwing, middle class and affluent than the average voter.
She will have to appeal to these 150,000 people to get the job of prime minister, and convince them that she can win over the whole country when it comes to a general election.
To beat May, the following strategies will be crucial:
Reiterating her fight for Brexit
Leadsom’s trump card is that she fought to take the UK out of the EU, in contrast to May who played a low-key role in the remain campaign. Leadsom was not as prominient as the leading Brexit duo – Boris Johnson and Michael Gove – but she raised her profile with measured and convincing performances in two television debates. As a Brexiter, she will be able to argue that her heart is in taking Britain out of the EU, with no fudges or retreat from what the public has voted for.
On top of that, she will probably claim to be in tune with the national mood, given that a majority of people opted for Brexit, allowing her to argue she has a high chance of winning the general election. Her supporters are already saying she will appeal to Labour-voting and Ukip-voting Brexiters as she was “willing to put her head on the block” to fight for leaving the EU.
(Excerpt) Read more at theguardian.com ...
Brexit ping.
My facebook friends are all in for Leadsom. They don’t like May who is a sell-out on immigration. It’s amazing the parallels between their government and ours.
May was a sell out on immigration and supported “Remain.” I don’t see how she can win.
I wish we had dignified, calm women like Leadsom in office. Our female politicians are a crass embarrassment.
Sorry, Leadsom.
A very biased article. Leadsom is incapable of ‘babbling.’ She’s the soul of calm, reasoned opinion.
My opinion too.....
If Ms Leadsom is capable of doing that no one will be happier than I, and possibly also Dr North.
Back in 2009 Theresa May blocked Michael Savage from entering the UK because - in her words - he was “seeking to provoke others to serious criminal acts and fostering hatred which might lead to inter-community violence”
I am not a big fan of Michael Savage but May was way out of line. That alone should disqualify her from being in charge of anything.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/who-been-banned-britain-11-7199748
She also blocked Pamela Geller and Robert Spencer.
They need a man as Prime Minister
Yes Margaret Thatcher was a man : )
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