Kemi Badenoch was today booted out of the Tory leadership contest - leaving a ferocious three-way battle to get on the final ballot.
The insurgent “anti-woke” candidate defied expectations to win nearly 60 MPs’ backing - but was knocked out in by voting MPs.
Rishi Sunak is still in the lead among MPs with 118 votes - two off the 120 threshold he needs to be guaranteed a spot on the ballot.