Today’s the day that the nation finds out who the final two Conservative leadership candidates will be – after a vote by MPs this afternoon. On Tuesday, former security minister Tom Tugendhat was knocked out after receiving the backing of just 20 MPs, coming fourth place to Kemi Badenoch on 30 votes, Robert Jenrick on 31 and James Cleverly on a whopping 39. And finally the question on everyone’s lips has been answered: who does Nigel Farage reckon will be eliminated today?
Speaking on GB News, the Reform UK leader set out his predictions for today’s highly-anticipated result – and couldn’t resist blasting the Tory ‘establishment’ in the process. ‘Who makes the last two?’ he asked:
Well, I tell you: Cleverly, clearly makes the last two. And in fact, you would expect, in policy and positioning terms, him to get many of the Tugendhat votes. So who makes it through between Jenrick on 31 and Badenoch on 30? Here is my guess.
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