Tory Leadership

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    Boris Johnson heckled during leadership hustings event

    Conservative Party leadership candidate Boris Johnson was heckled during a hustings event as he tried to defend his involvement in the resignation of former UK ambassador to the US Sir Kim Darroch. Johnson's lack of explicit support for the

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    Boris Johnson ‘kept in the dark by PM over secret intelligence’

    Boris Johnson was kept in the dark over some sensitive secret intelligence by Downing Street when he became foreign secretary, according to reports. The BBC and The Sun newspaper, citing sources, claim the Tory leadership front-runner was not

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    Johnson refuses to talk about police being called to his home

    Boris Johnson repeatedly refused to answer questions about police being called to his flat as he took part in the first hustings of the run-off to be next Prime Minister. Pressed on the incident as he faced an audience of Tory members in

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    Tory MP called a ‘disgrace’ and told to leave party by colleague

    A Tory MP has been called a "disgrace" and told to leave the party by a colleague in the aftermath of the Conservative leadership contest. Antoinette Sandbach, who backed Rory Stewart in the leadership campaign, tweeted abusive messages

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    Michael Gove's kitchen analogy falls flat with this Brexit voter

    Michael Gove likened a two-day Brexit delay with getting a new kitchen and just waiting a couple of days for the hob - but his analogy fell very flat with this Leave voter. In an exclusive phone-in on LBC with Iain Dale, Elizabeth from Clacton

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    BBC has become the Boris Bashing Corporation, says David Davis

    David Davis has accused the BBC of waging a campaign against Boris Johnson in the wake of the controversial TV debate on Tuesday. The BBC has come under fire for using an Imam to criticise Boris Johnson who had posted anti-Semitic comments.

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    Vote: Who will join Johnson on the final ballot?

    With Rory Stewart's elimination on Wednesday, today will see two more rounds of voting by Tory MPs to establish which two leadership candidates will appear on the ballot sent to 150,000 party members. Boris Johnson has enjoyed a commanding