Conservative Leadership Elections

 It won't do any good apart from allowing me to let off a bit of steam .............................

Dear Ms Richardson,

In 2019 the Conservative Party somehow managed to elect as their leader someone whose severe character flaws were well known at the time and who, to any reasonable observer, was clearly wholly unsuitable for high office. Sadly the subsequent 3 years have demonstrated that in spades. This is a situation that must never occur again, and you and the rest of the Parliamentary Party have a duty to the country to ensure that the two candidates who eventually emerge towards the end of the process have the appropriate attributes. The extensive list of possibles and hopefuls touted in the press contains some alarming names. I suggest that no-one who supported reneging on an international agreement (the Norther Ireland Protocol) should have even a sniff at leadership. Such people have already demonstrated total lack of fitness for the role. Similarly there are those who have shown something less than competence in their ministerial roles but who managed to retain the same through loyalty to the now departed Prime Minister. None of these candidates should be elevated even further beyond their capabilities.

The world faces three inter-related existential crises in the form of climate change, biodiversity damaging habitat destruction, and pollution. The United Nations has declared these three crises to be on a par with each other, all requiring urgent and sustained action. As a G7 nation the United Kingdom must be a leader in such action with realistic and effective policies properly implemented, not just bluster and warm words. We deserve a leader who is willing to grasp this challenge.

Then, at home, there exists the unpleasantness of extreme inequality. "Levelling Up" may be a great campaigning slogan but it requires effective backup. A seemingly wealthy constituency such a Guildford in not immune.

Finally, would it not be sensible for any new leader to drop the megaphone "diplomacy" with the EU and actually engage with our nearest market (a huge one, let me remind you)?

Surely there are two Conservative MPs who measure up to the above?

Yours sincerely