leadsom being bullied out of the race is an establishment stitch up. may/ eagle will push people towards ukip and greens more.
This.If they'd put the vote to the Conservative party membership (150,000 people or so) the majority are Brexit followers and they would have voted for the pro-leave candidate. I wasn't too fond of Andrea Leadsom, but it was patently obvious they were out to smear her - they trashed her over the weekend and by Monday morning it was done and dusted - she was finished and had no choice but to quit the race. Mind you, she didn't help her cause by banging on about motherhood etc so she basically contributed to sinking her own ship.