Analysis: in the most unpredictable leadership race in years, MPs’ vote was closer than final two would have liked
Liz Truss
Since the race began, Truss has declined all broadcast interviews, apart from the debates, focusing on honing her message to MPs. She convinced a new generation of “red wall” MPs that she could be the standard bearer for Brexit, showing her commitment to the cause with evidence of trade deals signed and the Northern Ireland protocol bill.
Allies of Truss believe some of Mordaunt’s early support quietly came over to them in the past few days, speculating that their rival’s leadership campaign had sewn up names many months ago who then started to have doubts when the race began. The unpredictability of the race – and the duplicity of the electorate – made the final hours of the last round of MPs’ voting a stressful time for Truss in particular. But she did have the advantage of Tuesday night’s result, which knocked out Badenoch. Truss’s team were fishing for votes in an easier pool, with her having positioned herself as the flagbearer of the right of the party.
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