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Labour has to stand up to toxic Tory posturing, or it will be pulled in the same direction as Jenrick and Badenoch, writes Guardian columnist John Harris

The favourite to win the leadership contest should give the left pause for thought on diversity

Dismayed senior Tories predict second contest for head of party will be needed amid chaos after centrist’s shock ejection from race

Conservative MP says his tack to the right has rattled Nigel Farage and confirms he would like the UK to exit the ECHR

Exclusive: Robert Jenrick’s team did something extraordinary to get him over the line in leadership contest

Tory leadership also suggests it was a mistake for him to order murals at a children’s asylum centre to be painted over

Conservative leadership candidate says he would not do it again in apparent pitch to centre of party

How Robert Jenrick had a lucky escape

Tory members on the left of the party have started announcing they will boycott a leadership election with two right-wing candidates

The Conservative party leadership ballot is a private affair. The MPs don’t have to reveal who they voted for if they don’t want to. And given how badly they appear to have bungled their final round of voting in this contest, it seems unlikely we’ll ever know what really happened.

The Tory party appears to be veering toward the right with the final two candidates - here we look at the difference between the pair