The voting method for the new leader is supposedly 'democratic' in that the ordinary party member votes. So the attempt to make it a choice of one is about as cynical as you can get. Matthew Parris (ex Tory MP, now journalist for the Times) said, on Newsnight, BBC2 last night "I don't worry about the grass roots: they will do as they are told."

I am not member of the Tory party, but I would be heartily offended by that attitude if I were.