The 358 Conservative lawmakers had crammed into a humid corridor at Parliament on Wednesday afternoon to line up and cast their ballots in a grand room hung with oil paintings. Security staff made them hand over their phones to ensure secrecy.Eight candidates had secured the required backing of 20 of their colleagues to make the first ballot. Further rounds of voting will take place on Thursday and, if needed, next week, until just two candidates remain.
She said voters “are fed up with us not delivering, they are fed up with unfulfilled promises and they are fed up with divisive politics”.All the contenders are offering similar tax-slashing pledges, with only Sunak offering a note of caution. He has cast himself as the candidate of fiscal probity, saying the country needs “honesty and responsibility, not fairytales” to get through economic shockwaves from the coronavirus pandemic and the war in Ukraine.
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