Leadsom is not fit to lead some
Prior to the EU referendum, Andrea Leadsom was an unknown Conservative backbencher elected in 2010, rarely making a sound or movement. She became a rising star in the EU referendum, despite believing remaining in the EU was the best thing for the country in 2013 . She continually boasted about her CV and 25 years of financial services experience, and used this a justification for knowledge of financial services and the banking system. Leadsom used to be able to show-off and exaggerate her role in Barings Bank, when it collapsed in 1995. In her blog post in 2009, she claimed to be “running Barclays’ investment team” and “[her] team and [Leadsom] spent the weekend in the office, working for Andrew Buxton and Eddie George, then Governor of the Bank of England.” She has continually described herself as the ‘Financial Institutions Director’ at Barclays. During her time at De Putron Fund Management in 1997-99, she claimed to be the managing director. Between 1999-2...