“Spot on” policy questions to Johnson and Hunt in Birmingham yesterday showed Tory activists as they really are.
Challenged over his Remain vote in 2016, he claims that he now feels pro-Brexit in his gut.
“If we send the wrong person there’ll be no negotiation, no trust, No Deal and if Parliament stops that then maybe No Brexit.”
He wants to debate Johnson in the first two weeks of the contest. “Anytime, anywhere, on live TV.”
New polling from YouGov shows that leaving the EU is an electoral imperative for the Tories.
Each week, we’ll be summarising the announcements made by those vying to succeed May as Prime Minister.
From the blog of the University of Liverpool academic: his detailed breakdown of the contest.
Hunt’s people insist he can surprise Johnson.
Jokes continue to be told, but it would be wrong to suggest the contest has been fought in a spirit of unwearying amity.
Our columnist is interviewing each of the Conservative leadership candidates on his LBC show – here’s the seventh.