‘Vertical firecracker’: Boris Johnson takes to the skies as contenders to replace him battle below | latikambourke
Rishi Sunak cemented his place as frontrunner in the increasingly acrimonious battle to replace Boris Johnson as he and his old cabinet colleague Liz Truss pulled out of a final televised debate amid concerns their savage critiques of each other will harm the party at the next election.
Mordaunt, the wildcard insurgent, lost a vote on the last ballot after a lacklustre performance in the debates. But she still leads her immediate rival Truss, 82 to 71. However, her campaign continued to gain strength with 58 votes. This is likely because the last candidate to be knocked out, Suella Braverman, was also a Brexiteer from the right and had been vying for the same pool of votes as Badenoch.
During Sunday’s debate, all candidates were asked to raise their hand if they would have Johnson in their cabinet. None, including Truss who has Johnson’s undeclared backing, raised their hand.
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