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John Rentoul
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Tory MPs backing leadership candidates:
Boris Johnson 46
Jeremy Hunt 31
Michael Gove 30
Dominic Raab 23
Sajid Javid 16
Matt Hancock 12
(Latest combined totals, excl cands themselves, from @ConHome & @GuidoFawkes, for cands with at least 8 backers)
Adding Damian Collins & Julian Lewis for Johnson; Anne Milton & Claire Perry for Gove
Updated chart of Tory MPs backing leadership candidates, incl cands themselves, broken down by Leave & Remain
The "Not Known" for Hancock is Tracey Crouch, who has not said how she voted in the referendum
New supporter for @RoryStewartUK, @Sandbach, taking him to 5 thetimes.co.uk/edition/news/o…
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John Rentoul
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Scorching by @MrTCHarris on Remainers pretending to honour the referendum – just as bad as Raab & the Proroguers telegraph.co.uk/politics/2019/…
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John Rentoul
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Persistent poverty is lower in UK than in most EU countries: ONS ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulati…
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John Rentoul
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Detailed timetable for MPs’ stage of Tory leadership contest
Extremis provision for a 5th ballot as well as 4th on 22 June, to ensure the final 2 decided by then
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Jon Stone
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Lots of excitement around Rory Stewart in media, but

MP nominations

Hunt - 28
Johnson - 26
Gove - 25
Raab - 22
Javid - 12
Hancock - 9
McVey - 6
Harper - 4
Stewart - 3
Leadsom - 2
Malthouse - 2

Members poll

Johnson - 33%
Raab 15%
Gove 12%
Baker 7%
Stewart 6%
Hunt 4%
McVey 3%
All figures from @ConHome nomination count and straw poll
Maybe he’ll surge, but does feel like some people are still in denial about what the Conservative party actually is these days
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Edwin Hayward🦄🏹🗡️
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Let's make them famous!
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#marr #ridge #pienaar #bbcsp
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Edwin Hayward🦄🏹🗡️
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Shout it from the rooftops! The chickens are coming home to roost. Judgement time. "Conservative leadership candidates Boris Johnson and Michael Gove are facing growing calls to account for illegal behaviour by the official Vote Leave Brexit campaign." theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/m…
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Time for a brief thread on some of the public figures who annoy me more than anyone else in the world.
(This is not necessarily the people I think are worst, or dislike the most, or disagree with the most. These are just the most irritating.)
They fall into several categories:
(1) "Modernising" conservatives:
- Steve Hilton
- James Cleverly
- Cameron/Osborne
- Michael Gove
- Zac Goldsmith
- Sebastian Kurz
- Lord Ashcroft
- Paul Ryan
- Jeb!
- Rand Paul
- Leo Varadkar
(2) Tech "entrepreneurs":
- Mark Zuckerberg -- the most annoying.
- Elon Musk -- maybe worse because people respect him.
- Peter Thiel -- just the worst in objective terms.
- Jeff Bezos
- Ken Howery
- The Uber people
- Jaan Tallinn
- Eric Weinstein
Also: James Dyson, if he counts
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Alistair King
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1/ I'm breaking a press embargo reporting on this but I've learnt that for the finale of their conference, the Tories plan to release a new party anthem. Boris Johnson, Jeremy Hunt and Sajid Javid will lead its first rendition, the ERG providing grating harmonies. Here it is:
2/
Don't know much about history
Don't know much sociology
Don't know much about a tariff book
Don't know much about the pound I shook
But I do know that I hate EU
And I know that if you hate it, too
How pathetically small we would be
3/
Don't know much about geography
Don't know much macroeconomy
Don't know much about Africa
Don't know what EBA rules are for
But I do know that I will lie to you
And I'll do it cos you buy it too
How pathetically small we would be

/Ends
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