Rishi Sunak enters the last weeks of this leadership contest fighting on three fronts: over his tax hikes, with those who think he’s been disloyal and against Liz Truss. Many of the 200,000 Tory members will send their postal votes from early August. Time is against him.
It does not mean the battle is over. We have seen members return very different views on any given day. Penny Mordaunt was their clear favourite, then Kemi Badenoch. Last night a YouGov poll went in Truss’s direction, after her posturing as the candidate for tax cuts. These members are on the hunt for something new and exciting.
