Favourite Rishi Sunak will be given a ‘coronation’ if his rival Penny Mordaunt fails to win the backing of 100 Tory MPs.
Despite the uphill task facing Mordaunt, if she can squeeze through this afternoon she could yet triumph – since she is popular among Tory members, who rejected Sunak just weeks ago.
However one senior minister who was backing Johnson – the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Nadhim Zahawi – said he would now be supporting Sunak, less than half an hour after a Telegraph article was publishing confirming his support for the former PM.With nominations due to close at 2pm, Mordaunt has limited time to get the necessary numbers and avoid Sunak being declared leader without a contest. The result will be announced by 2.30pm at the latest.
Some in the party are uneasy about allowing the contest to go to the members, given the disastrous premiership of Liz Truss, who Try members voted for despite her having only limited backing of MPs.
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