Courtesy of Mish.
The battle to replace David Cameron as UK’s next prime minister is down to two candidates, both women: Theresa May vs. Andrea Leadsom.
Is either of them the second coming of Margaret Thatcher?
For clues, let’s turn to interview clips in the Telegraph article Theresa May: Britain faces ‘tough times’ but can enjoy a ‘better, brighter future’ outside the EU.
In her first interview since she and Andrea Leadsom were named as the final two candidates vying to become the next Prime Minister, Mrs May tells the Telegraph: “Politics can do with some bloody difficult women.”
The Home Secretary says that a female Prime Minister will bring “honesty” and a greater focus on “delivery” in Downing Street, as she suggests that men tend to treat politics as a “game”.
She also appeals to people not to consider her as a “remainer” after she campaigned to keep Britain in the EU, saying that she is “very clear that Brexit means Brexit”.
She insists that she is not the “new Margaret Thatcher”, describing the former Prime Minister as “absolutely unique”. “People love to draw parallels but I just get on with the job and that is my philosophy,” she says.
Mrs May says: “If I am prime minister we will come out of the European Union and part of that will be control of free movement.”
She says: “It’s very important that we unite as a party and as a country. I am very clear that Brexit means Brexit.
Both Nigel Farage, the Ukip leader, and Arron Banks, the party’s donor, have said they support Mrs Leadsom as next Conservative leader.
Last week she refused to rule out Mr Farage forming part of her Brexit negotiating team.
She vs. She
Mish Analysis
May was on the “remain” team which many feel taints her.
Yet, May topped the second round poll of MPs with the support of 199 out of 330 Tory MPs. Leadsom got 84, and Michael Gove, the justice secretary, 46.
