‘Caffeinate with Cleverly’: Tory leader hopefuls flog mugs, T-shirts and totes

Tom Tugendhat, the shadow security minister, announced his Conservative party leadership campaign by distributing some big foam fingers. Photograph: Carl Court/Getty Images

The looming Conservative party conference will see leadership hopefuls quite literally setting out their stalls as the four remaining contenders turn to political merchandise to win support.

Branded tote bags, mugs and T-shirts will all be weaponised as Robert Jenrick, Kemi Badenoch, James Cleverly and Tom Tugendhat compete to show their popularity in the contest to succeed Rishi Sunak.