Originally Posted by
Nessie
I have been wondering why so many Tories are standing to be PM. I think it is because they genuinely believe that they would have done a better job than May at Brexit.
I think it is a sign of over confidence beating a genuine understanding of the issues and reality.
When the next PM gets bogged down like May did, I wonder if that will finally dent the over confidence and wake Brexiters up to that reality.
I think it has more to do with the fact that there is no-one standing who has anything particularly recommending them, the best qualification any of them has is recognisability, so it's open to anyone with sufficient confidence or sense of entitlement.