Corbyn will win if today’s Commons motion is passed. And Tory leadership candidates know it.
Gove, Stewart and perhaps others too could see their standing and prospects damaged this afternoon.
Tax cut promises, spending hike pledges – and an air of unreality
We apologise for not being swept away by the mania for new announcements that infests this leadership contest.
Today’s Tory leadership election hustings schedule
We also have the result from yesterday evening’s ’92 Group hustings – in which Johnson scooped almost half the vote.
Johnson. Not the Prime Minister we deserve. But the Prime Minister we need right now.
A general election is rolling down the tracks. And he is the man best placed to see off Corbyn and Farage.
Johnson’s bandwagon rolls on, Davidson declares for the Home Secretary – and Gove deploys weapons of mass distraction
Also: don’t cut members out of the contest. And the right exam question for candidates is: who can best win a general election?
ConHome’s snap leadership election survey. Johnson puts on ten points – and bestrides our table like a colossus
He is set to cakewalk this contest if his colleagues in the Commons put his name before the members.
Citizens of nowhere? Or citizens of somewhere? Who should the Conservatives be targeting? Our joint event with Policy Exchange.
With Lynton Crosby, Andrew Feldman, Ben Houchen and Amber Rudd – on June 18, livestreamed on this site.
This week’s winner in the Tory leadership election is…Johnson
The vocation of the front-runner is not to mess up. And he hasn’t. Indeed, he has picked up support – and upped the pace.
Labour cling on in Peterborough
A Brexit Party win would have boosted Johnson’s campaign. This victory for Corbyn’s party may also do – though perhaps not quite to the same degree.
Key questions for candidates 5) Javid
A series in which we ask seven public questions of the leading contenders. They may not be the most convenient, but that’s why we’re asking them.
Key questions for candidates 4) Raab
A series in which we ask seven public questions of the leading contenders. They may not be the most convenient, but that’s why we’re asking them.
How much does a Party leader’s back story matter?
There’s little evidence from the history of either main party to suggest that it has counted much to date electorally – if at all.
Hunt’s answers to the seven questions we asked of him yesterday
Top marks to the Foreign Secretary for not ducking them, and for coming back to us with responses.
Key questions for candidates 3) Gove
A series in which we ask seven public questions of the leading contenders. They may not be the most convenient, but that’s why we’re asking them.
The timetable for the Parliamentary stage of the Conservative leadership election
Nominations close, 17.00, Monday June 10th. First ballot on Thursday 13th June, from 10am to 12pm.