It all seems so egotistical, from the process to the candidates. The lending of votes to make sure some people are knocked out prematurely, see Boris lending votes to Hunt to get rid of Gove at the last leadership campaign. I understand the the Tories are trying to ‘reset’ and put the failed Boris experiment behind them but I go back to the quote that it’s an application for the ‘first violinist on the Titanic’
Whatever happens the next couple of years are going to be challenging.