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#RishiSunak #NewPM

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- Rishi Sunak poised to be next prime minister
- Boris Johnson pulls out of race to replace Liz Truss
- ‘Impossible’ to avoid general election, says Nadine Dorries

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- Sunak looks set for the coronation today as the UK’s third prime minister this year after Boris Johnson pulled out of the Tory leadership race

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- Mr Johnson’s retreat leaves Mr Sunak and leader of the Commons Penny Mordaunt as the only declared contenders in the contest to succeed Liz Truss

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#RishiSunak

- Sunak was closing in on the figure of 179 nominations from Tory MPs needed to account for half the parliamentary party on Sunday night

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- Ms Mordaunt trailing vastly with a mere 26 public declarations of support

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#BorisJohnson #RishiSunak #ToryLeadership

- THE LATEST: Boris Johnson’s former spokesman Will Walden says allies are “angry” at being marched up the hill for no good reason.“

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#BorisJohnson #PennyMordaunt

- Tory leadership contender Penny Mordaunt said Boris Johnson had put “country before party’’ by deciding against running in the race to replace Liz Truss

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#PennyMordaunt #RishiSunak

- Ms Mordaunt now faces a seemingly insurmountable climb to catch up with Rishi Sunak, who has the declared support of nearly half of Conservative MPs.

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#RishiSunak #PennyMordaunt

- Penny Mordaunt can get to 100, says supporter

"I mean, indeed, Penny’s numbers are well above the published figures already."

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#RishiSunak #PennyMordaunt #GeneralElection2022

- General election the ‘only answer', says Tory MP

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#RishiSunak #Toryleadership #UK

- The following graphic shows the timetable for the Conservative Party leadership race

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#RishiSunak

- Rishi Sunak standing on 2019 manifesto, says home secretary

“We elect a party and we elect individuals as members of that party, and the 2019 manifesto is actually the thing..."

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#BorisJohnson

- FTSE 100 up after Boris Johnson drops out

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- This isn’t the end of Boris Johnson, says Dorries

Nadine Dorries said it was not “the end of Boris Johnson” after the former prime minister ruled himself out of the race for No 10.

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- Penny Mordaunt scrambles for backers as vote deadline looms

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#RishiSunak

- Rishi Sunak has a narrow lead in public opinion over Penny Mordaunt, YouGov polling found.

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- 🚨THE LATEST: Penny Mordaunt has more than 90 backers, campaign claims

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#ToryLeadershipContest

- Ms Mordaunt’s team is urging others to back her so that there can be a contest decided by the party membership and not just among MPs.

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#ToryLeadershipContest

- Mordaunt backer suggests it’s time to step aside for Sunak

George Freeman, a Mordaunt backer and former minster, this morning seems to be suggesting that she should pull out in the national interest.

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- Time for Mordaunt to drop out, says Tory peer

- Penny Mordaunt should pull out of the race for the sake of party unity, a senior Conservative peer said.

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- Mordaunt has support of 95 Tory MPs - reports

- Sympathetic MPs are being told that Team Morduant now has 95 supporters

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- Rishi Sunak wins leadership contest as Mordaunt drops out

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