The wrangling to become Tory leader is turning Britain into an oligarchy | Simon Jenkins

Boris Johnson looks likely to be the choice of the party faithful, but Brexit will prove as fatal to him as it has to May

Meanwhile back at the ranch, Britain must choose a new prime minister – and fast. Donald Trump may have been elected by just 46% or 63 million Americans, but Britain’s leader will be chosen by just 124,000 members of a benighted Conservative party. And those members must choose between two candidates preselected by their party’s 314 MPs. This is like some kind of oligarchy....