Andrea's reviews at the hustings tonight:
The Sun’s Harry Cole writes that she “crashed and burned with a rambling performance” and quotes one MP as saying: “She was rambling, ended up talking about the frontal cortex of a baby’s brain.”
Owen Bennett relays similarly scathing quotes in the Huffpost, quoting a senior cabinet minister as saying: “When you’re having to say that you’re not Ukip at a hustings to be leader of the Conservative Party, then you are in trouble - it was a car crash.”
Emily Ashton @elashton
Not getting rave reviews of Andrea Leadsom at 1922. "Car crash" says one MP. "****ing shambles" says another.
Welp, at least she had 2 hours in the spotlight.