The leader of the House of Commons, Andrea Leadsom, has refused to back the Prime Minister into the next election, claiming that ‘politics is a short-term game.’ Leadsom, who was the last to face off against Mrs May into 2016, has never kept her ambitions for the top job quiet, despite being dismissed by many in Whitehall as not up to the job. As a leading Brexiteer, she is also the darling of those who want a their voice as the future Prime Minister.
Well that won’t go down very well, Gerry opines…