Loathsome to make a statement at noon

[Hobosapien]

Placeholder for Gove to be added to ballot and become next PM. What a farce.

[BrilloPad]

Ms Leadsom later used an account at Kleinwort Benson (Channel Islands) Ltd, based in Jersey, to deal with charges before transferring shares to her two children to be held in trust.

She later transferred the offshore charges to the UK before becoming a Treasury minister and subsequently stepping down as the director of her buy-to-let business, handing it over to her son instead.

I always wondered if Mrs Thatchers dealings with her children(especially Mark) would have stood close scrutiny.

[NickFitz]

we need continuity to get back on track.

"Back"?

[SueEllen]

I always wondered if Mrs Thatchers dealings with her children(especially Mark) would have stood close scrutiny.

"We are a grandmother"

[BrilloPad]

"Back"?

To keep the Ponzi scheme bubble inflating....

[NickFitz]

Well at least we should have a functioning government in the next few days .... that's got to be an improvement of sorts.

They haven't managed to be a functioning government to any notable degree previously, so I'm not sure a new leader who's opposed to a major policy they've been forced into is going to be an improvement

[LondonManc]

"Back"?

Having a PM who isn't resigning, basic stuff like that...

[OwlHoot]

Placeholder for Gove to be added to ballot and become next PM. ..

Yes! Raised from the (political) dead like Lazarus!

Why not?

[AtW]

How is it democratic to have single candidate for election??? Same tulip was in USSR.

[SueEllen]

How is it democratic to have single candidate for election??? Same tulip was in USSR.

There were originally 5 candidates.

One was eliminated and one dropped out.

Then there was 3.

One was eliminated and one dropped out.

Now there is one.