He is the only candidate who can deliver for communities like mine across the country, and keep hard-working Conservatives delivering at a local level.
The United States’ weakened capabilities and frayed alliances both play in Tehran’s favour at a crucial and sensitive time.
A big question today for Conservative MPs is: what sort of final stage, when the contest goes to the members, do they want?
Our hero is lobbied by the teams of four of the candidates – and by the fifth in person…
Of course, many of the sacked ministers – Fallon, Mitchell, Shapps and a dozen others are hoping for preferment under a Boris administration.