The two wings of the party are finding it increasingly hard to reconcile and are coalescing around ‘Stop Rishi’ or ‘Stop Liz’
As the Conservative leadership candidates are whittled down to a final two, it’s becoming a case of “anyone but”. Already three of the 11 candidates have had to drop out owing to insufficient support: the transport secretary, Grant Shapps, the former health secretary, Sajid Javid, and the lesser known Rehman Chishti all failed to secure the 20 MP nominations required to make the ballot.
With eight candidates remaining, two main camps are forming: “Stop Rishi” and “Stop Liz”.
Katy Balls is the Spectator’s deputy political editor
