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John Rentoul
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Tory leadership 4th ballot result (change since 3rd ballot):
Boris Johnson 157 +14
Michael Gove 61 +10
Jeremy Hunt 59 +5
Sajid Javid 34 -4
Spoilt 2
Johnson secures a majority of Tory MPs
Updated tally of MPs supporting the last three candidates, with Javid's to be added in tonight's 5th ballot, now under way
We have a winner of the 4th ballot sweepstake: congratulations to Tom @tellisthenews! His guesses were just 4 votes out:
Johnson 155 -2
Gove 61 ✓
Hunt 61 +2
Javid 34 ✓
(He even seems to have known there'd be 2 spoilt papers!)
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John Rentoul
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Jeremy Hunt does his 7-min opening speech at the front of the stage, whereas Johnson stayed behind the lectern
Hunt looks a bit startled to be there, but comes across as wanting the job more than Johnson
"I will never provoke a general election before we have left the EU. I won't do it." But if he's PM in 2022 he won't have a choice
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"I don't think people want to hear about that kind of thing": Johnson refuses to answer @IainDale's question about police being called
Johnson now diverts question about his character to his record of delivering promises – "most people would really rather judge my character by my record"
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John Rentoul
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3/10 in John Clarke's Saturday Quiz in @theipaper (answers in the paper or here later)
I got 2, 5 and 8
Answers to @theipaper quiz are here docs.google.com/document/d/1sf…
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Laura Kuenssberg
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Tory leadership results coming in alphabetical order soon...
Gove 61, Hunt 59, Javid, 34 and Johnson 157 - Javid out
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1/Listening to the C4 Con leadership debate.

All “delivering Brexit”

#Gove. Opened his mouth and lost the first Q
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Tory leadership contenders, from most to least dangerous and damaging...

Esther McVey
Dominic Raab
Andrea Leadsom
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Boris Johnson
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Jeremy Hunt
Sajid Javid
Matt Hancock
Mark Harper
Michael Gove
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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.
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- Steve Hilton
- James Cleverly
- Cameron/Osborne
- Michael Gove
- Zac Goldsmith
- Sebastian Kurz
- Lord Ashcroft
- Paul Ryan
- Jeb!
- Rand Paul
- Leo Varadkar
(2) Tech "entrepreneurs":
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- 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
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