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What Suella Braverman’s endorsement reveals

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Boris Johnson is yet to formally declare that he plans to enter the Tory leadership contest. The former prime minister’s meeting with Rishi Sunak last night led to no white smoke or agreement on a joint ticket. His supporters have since been touring the studios this morning insisting he will run and that he has the 100 MP nominations required to make the ballot (even if many are yet to go public). Only there is a growing sense in the party that Johnson’s campaign is not going to plan and is losing momentum compared to Sunak’s.

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Johnson has won the support of one senior cabinet minister today – in the form of Foreign Secretary James Cleverly. But more significant is the endorsement of Suella Braverman. The former home secretary has rowed in behind Sunak.

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