Analysis: What stands out the most in the starting stages of this race is how bitter the divisions in the party have become and how wide open the battle to become prime minister now is, writes Sky's BethRigby
Eight contenders in the race to replace Boris Johnson. But it was a day defined by one particular run-off in the competition: the tussle between frontrunner Rishi Sunak and the"Stop Rishi" campaign.Boris Johnson
Mr Johnson might have told me on Monday that he didn't want to engage in reflections on betrayal for fear it might hamper the race for some, but his backers are doing it on his behalf in a contest that is ill-tempered, vicious and ugly., Rishi Sunak, Penny Mordaunt, Nadhim Zahawi, Liz Truss, Kemi Badenoch, Suella Braverman, Jeremy Hunt, and Tom Tugendhat
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