RISHI Sunak has edged out Penny Mordaunt to bag first place in today’s second Tory leadership ballot – as Suella Braverman became the latest candidate to crash out. The field of wannabe…
Brexit hero Lord Frost launched an extraordinary attack on Ms Mordaunt and backed Ms Trussbecause the was "loyal"Voting in the second round of the Tory leadership race opened at 11.30am and closed at 1.30pm.ahead of the third ballot on Monday.
She said: "I am a loyal person. I am loyal to Boris Johnson. I supported our Prime Minister's aspirations." She is now the bookies favourite to enter Downing St despite not being in the Cabinet and entering the race as an outside bet. "The party has made wrong choices in recent years and I want to make sure we make the right one this time, so I had to make my views clear."
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