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NEW: Dominic Raab, Matt Hancock and Sajid Javid under pressure to withdraw this weekend

Their MP backers are telling them they have no chance of winning and want to be free to endorse one of the main candidates

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Team Gove say they're happy with the result but two weeks ago he was in clear second place, now trailing in third

MPs say it's not the coke story but his personal attacks on other candidates that have cost him

"It was undignified and hardly unifying"

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Boris Johnson won more votes than Jeremy Hunt, Michael Gove and Dominic Raab combined

He won more than 3 times the the votes of Gove

And 87 more votes than Raab

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How the Raab campaign tanked:

Three weeks ago he was saying he could beat Boris in round 1

Two weeks ago Team Raab briefed that Boris needed 20 more votes than him in the first round to stay ahead

Today Boris got 87 more votes than Raab

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Team Boris think Raab’s supporters will largely switch over to him

Hancock is being told by MPs to fold in behind either Hunt or Javid this weekend

Raab, Hancock and Javid at the moment insisting they will not withdraw

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NEW: Boris Johnson has been referred to the Information Commissioner for multiple alleged breaches of data protection laws that Jeremy Hunt supporters say amount to “foul play” in the Tory leadership contest

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Harriet Baldwin has asked the ICO if the Johnson campaign’s alleged use of mailing lists is legal

David Morris says the ICO must investigate “deeply troubling” claims

Ben Howlett and Tory councillors complaining about unsolicited calls from Team Boris

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A CCHQ party membership mailing list was also used to distribute a pro-Johnson message from Nadine Dorries

The Johnson campaign insists it is compliant with GDPR and data protection laws

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💥 NEW: Labour has accused the BBC of interfering in the political process by failing to adequately cover Tory Islamophobia

The party lodged two explosive complaints with the national broadcaster this week

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Formal complaint sent by Labour on Wednesday claims there has been a “stark contrast” between the BBC’s coverage of anti-Muslim bigotry in the Tory party and its reporting on the anti-Semitism row involving Chris Williamson this week

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Labour also complained to the BBC about:

– tweets of BBC political reporters

– BBC's failure to cover a poll showing half of Tory members hold anti-Muslim views

– BBC failing to hold Boris Johnson to account for his views and alleged "turd" cover up

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Alex Wickham
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NEW: Jeremy Hunt is 36 points behind Boris Johnson. Does he have a hope of making it to No10?

Inside look at his campaign: why Hunt thinks the race is closer than believed, his path to victory, and internal fears about where things haven't gone right

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Hunt feels his only chance is a high-octane Rory Stewart-style campaign revealing “the real Jeremy”, an air war based on “carpet bombing” the media and a ground game convincing members he has the personality to deliver Brexit — and Johnson does not

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There are internal concerns that Hunt’s attacks on Johnson have alienated the Tory grassroots, that his decision not to commit to leaving the EU on October 31 has cost him, and that his description of that date as a “fake deadline” was a damaging error

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