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Tory leadership betting odds: Who is backing who in race to replace Boris Johnson

Conservative MPs are backing different candidates for leader across a broad field

The Independent UK · Jul 13, 2022

Tory leadership hopeful Penny Mordaunt repeatedly said ‘c**k’ in Commons speech after losing bet

Tory favourite used address on poultry welfare to fulfil foul-mouthed dare

The Independent UK · Jul 13, 2022

Liz Truss to set out leadership bid with pledge to “level up in a Conservative way” and cut taxes

The Foreign Secretary polled third in the latest round of the Tory leadership contest, behind Rishi Sunak and Penny Mordaunt

The Independent UK · Jul 13, 2022

Key dates in the Conservative leadership contest

It is expected that the field of candidates will be whittled down to two in time for the start of MPs’ summer holidays.

The Independent UK · Jul 13, 2022

Fainting room only at Penny Mordaunt’s swelteringly dull leadership launch

Her eyes welled up as if to make it clear she agreed with herself – and was profoundly moved by what she was saying

The Guardian - UK · Jul 13, 2022

Tory leadership race: MPs whittle candidates down from eight to six

The Prime Minister is set to step down on September 6.

Chronicle Live · Jul 13, 2022

Forget the ‘natural party of government’: these Tories are headless chickens

The leadership election is revealing a party that has no time for anything as boring as self-reflection, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

The Guardian - UK · Jul 13, 2022

Tory leadership race: Who is still in the contest to be the next prime minister?

The first round of voting has taken place to decide who replaces Boris Johnson as the next Tory leader and prime minister

Evening Standard · Jul 13, 2022

Tory leadership: All the MPs still in the race to replace Boris Johnson as leader

Contest to succeed prime minister described by one Conservative politician as the ‘wacky races’

The Independent UK · Jul 13, 2022

Who Bristol region's Tory MPs are supporting for next PM in leadership contest

They are supporting a variety of candidates

Bristol Post · Jul 13, 2022