YouGov survey suggests 66% of party members will vote for the foreign secretary over Rishi Sunak
The Tory leadership contest should be “wrapped up quickly” and future leadership election processes could be reviewed to hasten them, the education secretary has suggested.
Asked by LBC radio if it was appropriate to hold weeks of leadership election hustings while the energy crisis continues, James Cleverly said:
This is the system that is in place. I do think it is legitimate to look at reviewing that.
That is an internal party process rather than a government process, but as I say, government does continue, ministers are still working.
I would have been happy if this whole process was over more quickly, but as I say one of the people contending for this is a backbencher not involved in government at all any more, Liz is the Foreign Secretary and I know that she is still active in the foreign affairs side of things as well.
But yes, of course we would like to see this wrapped up quickly, but we are still working nonetheless.
Frankly what we have seen is the growth of the UK economy not be as vibrant as we would like.
That is what Liz is pursuing, it is a growth strategy, and if you don’t have a plan for growth you don’t have a plan for government.
