Time for a new Tory system of electing a party leader

The current Tory system of electing a leader is rigged and undemocratic. MPs choose which two of them will go on the final ballot paper that might eventually go to party members  if the MPs have not defenestrated each other first so as to leave only one candidate standing. That is how we ended up with the hopeless Mrs May.

Labour had a members vote and got Corbyn. The difference is Corbyn has strong grassroots support and Mrs May’s support comes only from some MPs and the CBI. Also Mrs May is a proven poor campaigner  while Corbyn is a proven good campaigner. So if things stay as they are Corbyn will win easily in 2022.

The undemocratic Tory system is that you have to vote for one of our two elite MPs  whom we will choose for you. That just won’t do in the 21st century. It disenfranchises and demotivates the ordinary party members  who do the work to get  governments elected. If the Tories want to have  a chance next election they have to ditch their elite’s fear of Boris  and give their foot soldiers a leader they can and will fight for and vote for and increase the size of their army.

Boris is the man Corbyn and the EU fear most. Ergo he is the right man for the job. I doubt the Downing Street cat fears or loves Mrs May.