The former security minister has followed James Cleverly in formally announcing he is a candidate to succeed Rishi Sunak. And he moved to woo the Right by criticising the European court this morning.
Shadow security minister said he would end Tory infighting and unite the party Tom Tugendhat last night became the second Tory MP to announce he will run for the party leadership.
The shadow cabinet minister said the reason the party had suffered its worst ever election result was that it had lost the trust of the British people. He also said the party needed to return to traditional conservative principles, highlighting that he had opposed Covid vaccine passports and the National Insurance increase.
'We know what a woman is. We all know national security must come before Treasury spreadsheets These are commonsense Conservative positions.' Former PM Rishi Sunak will lead the Conservative Party until a new leader is elected in November. Pictured: Mr Sunak in the House of Commons on MondayThe Savanta polling – which was carried out between July 19 and 21 – put Mr Tugendhat at minus three points in public net favourability ratings, and 2024 Conservative voters, at 21 points.
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