Former PMs have a wealth of experience. Why not put some on the Tory leadership ballot? | Simon Jenkins
Briefly

"We did not evict William Gladstone and Benjamin Disraeli, Ramsay MacDonald and Stanley Baldwin, Winston Churchill and Harold Wilson for losing an election. Most prime ministers after leaving office like many holders of top jobs speak of the same thing: if only they could have their time again, they would do things differently."
"Leaders should have no right to a second term, but denying them one denies the country the choice of experience over novelty. Britain has recently been governed by four virtual apprentices: Johnson, Liz Truss, Sunak, Starmer, each forced to learn on the job.”
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