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Chrisull Jul 2016 9:09am, 9 Jul 2016 9,380 posts	Quote Pin Chrisull Most of Leadsom's comments are freely available by googling, and they're from recent interviews in the major press. The Staggers handily compiles them: newstatesman.com I see she's at it again implying she'd make a better candidate because May failed to have children and therefore doesn't have the same stake in the future of the country. The initial comment doesn't imply that - which it was Mensch et al are crying "foul" and Andrea is the "victim", but the whole paragraph definitely implies this: itv.com Nasty piece of work.
postieboy Jul 2016 9:22am, 9 Jul 2016 3,521 posts	Quote Pin postieboy Can Leadsom handle everything about herself being dissected in the next two months? I can see her pulling out under immense pressure with the pelters she's got over the past week, it will only get worse for her.
Garfield Jul 2016 11:41am, 9 Jul 2016 6,860 posts	Quote Pin Garfield Teaboy has a very good point...if May had any dirty laundry or skeletons, they would have been made available a long time ago. Leadsom - never heard about her until this week (or was it last week?)
Chrisull Jul 2016 11:44am, 9 Jul 2016 9,382 posts	Quote Pin Chrisull In this post fact landscape, dirty laundry doesn't matter. Boris had loads, but that never did for him, it was betrayal that did
paul the builder Jul 2016 11:46am, 9 Jul 2016 5,682 posts	Quote Pin paul the builder The whole "as a mother" thing is pretty unpleasant on the surface, but go beyond the surface and it also betrays the selfishness with which some people approach the world - and that they assume everyone else does too. What I mean - if that's a bit opaque - is that the line of thinking that goes "I have children, therefore I have a stake in the future and you can therefore expect me to do the right thing for society/the country/our future" implies that if they did not have kids, they couldn't necessarily be trusted to so do. Their rationale presumably being that they believe that we're ALL selfish (like they reveal themselves to be with that logic), and nobody is interested in the wider society and 'doing the right thing', unless they have children. Which as an honest and decent person without children, winds me right up.
Perfect Organism Jul 2016 11:52am, 9 Jul 2016 596 posts	Quote Pin Perfect Organism I don't like either of them, looking at their records (pro-austerity, anti-tax cuts for the rich, anti-gay marriage which for all his flaws was one of the best things that DC did). But since it's a choice of two horrors (and not even a choice for us plebs) it has to be May. As a remain voter, and as some on this thread have already said, I think it's best not to have a rabid leaver in charge as they'll crash and burn everything. Having a remain PM in place now is probably the best hope of minimising some of the damage caused by Brexit.
postieboy Jul 2016 12:13pm, 9 Jul 2016 3,522 posts	Quote Pin postieboy Using 'I'm a mother' is very unpleasant and a really low blow from Leadsom. Theresa May keeps very private but it appears herself and her husband couldn't have children for some reason or another. I'm liking Andrea Leadsom less and less as every day goes by.
FenlandRunner Jul 2016 12:17pm, 9 Jul 2016 9,354 posts	Quote Pin FenlandRunner Being a parent or not, has fuck all to do with being PM.
Bazoaxe Jul 2016 12:33pm, 9 Jul 2016 10,328 posts	Quote Pin Bazoaxe What a way to select our next prime minister at one of the most important times facing the country where essentially the punters have no say and our choice is pretty limited to Hoping for the best of a bad bunch . What waS for some a protest vote might better have been saved for a more appropriate time. As others have said. Shame we cant have Cameron in charge instead of the current choices.
Surelynot Jul 2016 6:39pm, 9 Jul 2016 1,142 posts	Quote Pin Surelynot I wouldn't join the Tories. just couldn't do it.