From the blog of the University of Liverpool academic: his detailed breakdown of the contest.
A big question today for Conservative MPs is: what sort of final stage, when the contest goes to the members, do they want?
Leadsom threw such caution to the winds and promised Britain will leave the EU on 31st October.
“Everyone else in this race has sat around the Cabinet table and participated in the decisions that have led to us not leaving the European Union.”
We apologise for not being swept away by the mania for new announcements that infests this leadership contest.
We also have the result from yesterday evening’s ’92 Group hustings – in which Johnson scooped almost half the vote.
So no more dropouts after Sam Gyimah’s departure earlier this afternoon. The first ballot will be held on Thursday.
Also: don’t cut members out of the contest. And the right exam question for candidates is: who can best win a general election?