I should say as well, you shouldn't have to be the best and brightest to be an MP, you should just be capable of listening to people who know what they are talking about so you can make an evidence based decision that you're prepared to own the consequences of, because opinions can't overrule...
I sometimes wonder how much better the country would have been if they'd chosen Rory Stewart as leader instead of Johnson. Or listened to the likes of Gauke and Grieve instead of hounding them out. Your comment rings true: the assumption the best and brightest become MPs is a dangerous one, as...
I've said in other threads that some of my family are very old-school, long-standing Conservatives (of the more moderate kind) and they wouldn't touch this lot with a barge-pole. I think they're of the view that since Hague the party hasn't really stuck to any Conservative principles but Cameron...