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welcome to the programme, we begin in london. borisjohnson has announced that he will not stand in the contest to choose the next conservative leader, and prime minister. he insisted he had enough support among mps, but said that putting himself forward was "not the right thing to do". nominations close on monday afternoon, with former chancellor rishi sunak and cabinet minister penny mordaunt the only declared candidates. our political editor, chris mason, has been following the day's developments. are you running for the leadership, mr sunak? could september's loser be october's pr...

singapore — this is bbc news. it's newsday. it's 7am in singapore, and 12am in london — where the former uk prime minister, borisjohnson, has said he won't stand in the race to replace liz truss next week. he insisted he had enough support among mps, but said that putting himself forward was not the right thing to deal. nominations close on monday afternoon with a former chancellor, rishi sunak and cabinet minister penny moudant the only declared candidates. are you running for the leadership, mr sunak? could september's loser be october's prime minister? rishi sunak is a step cl...

But really i want rishi to win. mr baker bercow had backed the former home secretary suella braverman for the job in the summer. today, she backed rishi sunak too, saying: borisjohnson said absolutely nothing publicly about whether he would stand, until an hour ago. instead he had a weekend of attempted telephonic charming. and then, at nine o'clock this evening, a statement.