Good evening. The second Conservative leadership debate between Rishi Sunak, Liz Truss, Penny Mordaunt, Kemi Badenoch and Tom Tugendhat has just finished. Below is the full live analysis (please reload the page to get updates):
10.00 p.m. Coffee House Shots
9.00 p.m. Snap poll: the verdict
Katy Balls writes… The snap poll verdict is in – and this time it is Rishi Sunak out on top, with Tom Tugendhat in second place. This will help Sunak’s team with the second stage of their campaign which is to convince MPs he is best placed to win an election. As for the others, the poll is good news for Liz Truss. She is only in fourth place but is an improvement on Friday and crucially her current rival for the votes on the right, Kemi Badenoch, is behind her in fifth place.
8.12 p.m. We are witnessing a collective Tory breakdown
Fraser Nelson writes… ‘If you’re still watching this debate, well done,’ said Mordaunt, bizarrely, in her closing statement.
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