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number of backers. heres our political correspondent helen catt. three potential prime ministers. two of them have officially said they want the job. the former chancellor rishi sunak has confirmed he is running, after getting more than the 100 backers he needs. in a tweet he said he was standing because he wanted to fix the economy, unite the party and deliver for the country. penny mordaunt had already said she was in the race and is the only contender so far to go in front of the ca...

Following that, not so good in 2021 and 2022 in particular. but there is and 2022 in particular. but there is a perception among the pulmonary party that borisjohnson can reverse the electoral fortunes and turn things around in the opinion polls. the conservative party membership remember him very fondly from that 2019 election and for getting brexit done, which was their priority at the time. borisjohnson does have a good standing with the membership. rishi sunak does not. there was a strong se...

Candidate to declare, following penny mordaunt, who announced her candicacy on friday. mr sunak held talks with borisjohnson last night, who has still yet to publicly declare he is to enter the race. the bbc�*s tally indicates that mr sunak has already received the backing of 139 mps. im joined now by patrick english, associate director in the political and social research at yougov. he nowjoins us live from sheffield. how are the numbers looking? lets start with how voters are likely to act i...

Place, so i think its too surprising that when we look at the polling now, we find that on a long list of candidates if you give multiple options to the membership, they tend to coalesce around boris johnson. 0ur they tend to coalesce around boris johnson. our latest figures show that a third of the party would have him as their number one preference. rishi sunak is not far behind. he is on 25% the last time we checked with the membership. so it would be a tight race. but at the moment, if it di...