The whole process feels wildly out of filter with democratic expectations and the tories will be punished for that. They was an ink interesting poll saying 46 of conservative Party Members would not mind having nigel farage as their leader, they are pretty steadfastly ha rd leader, they are pretty steadfastly hard line on brexit arent they . A lot of them very happy not to have a deal if thats what it comes due. Brexit is the overwhelming issue amongst membership at the moment. Which is why in am anyways if you had a brexiteer and a remainder going to the party, it wont be that much of the choice because the overwhelming the party will focus on a brexiteer which is why in many ways if you add Michael Akbar as the two lea d e rs ways if you add Michael Akbar as the two leaders of the Brexit Campaign thats possibly a bit more of an interesting contest. One thing i wish though is that there is an assumption among the members i think that brexit means boris, that he is the most credible, h
Guardians daily podcast and anti chief Political Correspondent chris hope. Today. Will you tap the ballot today, mrjohnson . He is a long way from number ten, but it looks like Boris Johnson a long way from number ten, but it looks like borisjohnson s go contest to lose. Is it sajid javid . Michael gove . Jeremy hunt . Well speak to all of their campaigns. You wont be cheering in september does this vote mean the commons cant stop the next Prime Minister pursuing no deal . And, which of these 10 wont make the cut . Well find out at1 oclock. Voting in the secret ballot to decide who goes forward in this contest finished at noon, its all happening in the commons in Committee Room 1a, lets go straight over to our assistant Political Editor norman smith, hes in the central lobby of the house of commons. A big day, whats been happening . The Committee Corridor has been packed all morning. Mps have been arriving early doors. My sense is it is looking like a big win for Boris Johnson. His tea
Joining me conservative homes executive editor mark wallace. The westminster correspondent for the yorkshire post, liz bates. The liberal democrat mp chuka umunna. And the brexit party mep Ann Widdecombe. Today this man, Boris Johnson, already has the support of almost half the Parliamentary Party. That leaves only one place left to fight for. Im looking forward to making it through to the front two, and looking forward to a civilised debate of ideas. Im sure i will be picking up some votes but these can be unpredictable, so, i want to go for it. May the best man win, and thats going be me. Barring an upset, we expect that challenger to be jeremy hunt or michael gove. Well be live in this room in the commons at 1pm to bring you the results of the latest ballot in this conservative leadership contest. So, we are pretty sure mrjohnson goes forward to the final two, not yet sure who will be with him, we will know by the end of today. Lets find out who you think, who will be the second . I
Hello again. Youre watching bbc news. As weve been hearing in the past half hour, the number of candidates vying to be the next Prime Minister has been reduced to three. Sajid javid was eliminated from the tory leadership race as borisjohnson again topped the ballot of conservative mps. This is the moment the result was announced. On behalf of that 1922 committee, Charles Walker and i can now declare the results of the fourth ballot. The total of number of votes cast in todays ballad were 319. The total number of spoilt ballot papers was two. Laughter. We have spoiled a perfect record. The total votes to each candidate in alphabetical order were as follows. Michael gove, 61. Jeremy hunt, 59. Sajid javid, 34. Borisjohnson, 157. The following candidates are now eligible to continue on to the next ballot, which will take place this afternoon at 3 30pm in Committee Room 1a. Michael gove, jeremy hunt and Boris Johnson. Thank you very much indeed. That was the result of the latest round anno
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