We’ve got our ultimate two: it’s Rishi and Liz. Penny misplaced out on a ultimate spot by simply 4 votes. A nail-biting finale – now it’s time for 4 weeks of hustings.
- Got here out high of the MP vote-off, properly above the 120 threshold on 137 – up 19 on yesterday
- Guido’s quantity crunching exhibits he fell properly in need of earlier MP-stage winners, nevertheless:
- Rishi: 38% of Tory MPs
Boris: 66% of Tory MPs
Might: 60% of Tory MPs
Cameron: 45% of Tory MPs
- Rishi: 38% of Tory MPs
- Goes into the membership part nonetheless polling properly behind Truss
- Shall be relieved to listen to members will be capable to re-vote in the event that they vote early for Liz then have purchaser’s regret, in line with guidelines revealed by CCHQ
- Pipped Penny by the smallest of margins, moderately shocking given standard knowledge dictated Kemi’s voters would break up en masse for her
- Is able to “hit the bottom”
- Will hopefully see and listen to extra from Truss now she’s within the ultimate two
- Liz could have been happy with Boris’s ultimate peroration at PMQs, which warned to not at all times hearken to Treasury orthodoxy in a thinly-veiled dig at Rishi, and to chop taxes
- Eradicated from the race
Bookies Odds (Earlier in Brackets):
- Liz Truss 8/15 (10/11) ↔️
- Rishi Sunak 11/8 (5/4) ↔️
