- Rishi beat our expectations, gaining 14 votes, suggesting the party hustings and TV debates have cemented his perception as the grown up in the room.
- Everyone else underperformed:
- Truss will be disappointed she only gained 7 votes, particularly with alleged ideological bedfellow Suella Braverman's 27 votes up for grabs
- Badenoch will be disappointed she only closed the gap with Truss by 1 vote
- Mordaunt will be disappointed she lost one vote
- Equally, those three will cling to signs of underlying support:
- Truss is . . .
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- Truss is . . .
