Leadsom is awful. There is something about her neo-Thatcher appearance and style that gets her off on the wrong foot for me, but I accept that is a bit irrational. To be fair to her I had a look at her history and policies. She is everything I wouldn't want our prime minister to be. She strikes me as an opportunist who claims strong beliefs founded on her Christianity but she can take a view on right and wrong to suit. A supposed belief in good charitable work but not basic social justice. A strong moral code but happy to engage in offshore tax schemes to avoid paying tax because 'tax avoidance isn't tax evasion'. Bending rules, which apparently is ok as long as you don't break them. Supposedly grounded and in touch with people, but in bed with The City. A died in the wool deep blue Tory to the right of the nasty party. May is not someone I like much about or have much in common with politically, but my instinct is that she is at least measured and essentially a safe pair of hands. The idea that May could be PM isn't a pleasant one, but the idea that Leadsom might be makes me shudder.