
LIZ Truss cut short a critical diplomatic trip to an Indonesian summit to launch her leadership bid and is gunning for support from the far-right of the Tory party.
The Foreign Secretary is the favourite of Boris Johnson’s supporters, including Jacob Rees-Mogg and Nadine Dorries, but is locked in a battle for the backing of Brexiteers with Attorney General Suella Braverman and former equalities minister Kemi Badenoch - despite the fact she was a Remainer herself.