Quote Originally Posted by Witton Park View Post
I suppose the question is what equips you to be PM or other high offices of State. We don't tend to get a PM who's spent time at high levels of the diplomatic service or top executive positions in business, or Chancellors who've had a background in economics.
All our senior politicians tend to have CVs that wouldn't get them the job if they had to apply for it.

Andrea Leadsom may be inexperienced in the Commons, but she was given a ministerial position in her first term as an MP so she must have been well regarded.

She sat on the Treasury Select Committee on entering Parliament and following the Libor enquiry suggested Osborne should apologise to Ed Balls for false claims.

I like this - it shows an independent mind. Not frightened to ruffle the feathers of the person most likely to be the next PM at the time.
You may have seen today's Times, and listened to this morning's BBC radio 4 - at best she contradicts herself, and then blames others. Not a good look.