with which his campaign seem to say that they have required level of support. he is approaching 60 who have publicly supported him, he needs 100, and that is a big gap. is needs 100, and that is a big gap. is that why we are waiting for him to declare, he isn t going to declare until you get that number of 100? i until you get that number of 100? i think you will want to be sure of it. his campaign will likely have a spreadsheet, several lists and ticks and crosses in boxes, and it will be tallying up names. borisjohnson will not want to officially declare his candidacy to his candidacy until he wants. certainly dominic raab, who is supporting rishi sunak, said there is not any deals done, but the size the importance of unity. the big question hanging over the race, will borisjohnson end up
the uk is gripped by a crisis, trust in politics that are low, and our party is divided and heading towards a wipe out. we have been used to hyperbole over the last few days and weeks, but it is worth dwelling on the fact that a minister who resigned very recently from cabinet is warning that the party is facing a wipe out, and supporting rishi sunak, is something more of a moderate in the party, really. from a different standpoint on certain issues that she sees as the only person who can attempt to unite the party and lead. that is a significant endorsement. also the foreign secretary, james cleverly, coming out in support for boris johnson, saying that being for is tough, saying that borisjohnson has learned his lessons from this times in numberten, and learned his lessons from this times in number ten, and will focus on the needs of the country from day one. even with that, borisjohnson s numbers are rising fairly steadily, but not as quickly as you would think they might give in t
the labour leader again said there should be a general election to let the public decide. there are worries among tory mps that mr sunak would not be able to win votes in the same way as mrjohnson when the next election is called. but for now, he is the only declared candidate who is certain of a place on the ballot tomorrow. helen catt, bbc news. rishi sunak is the second candidate to declare, following penny mordaunt, who announced her candidacy on friday. mr sunak held talks with borisjohnson last night, who has yet to publically declare that he ll be entering the race. the bbc s tally indicates that mr sunak has already received the backing of 146 mps. that s significantly more than the 100 needed, to enter the ballot. borisjohnson has 57 and penny mordaunt, the other declared candidate, has 24. let s now speak to giles kenningham,
but she insisted she hasn t done any deals to drop out. i am very confident about the progress we re making and i will say to you that i am in this to win it. i think it s important for our party that we have a contest, and i m very confident about our numbers. the reason why i m doing this is because i think i am best placed to bring the party together. which just leaves borisjohnson to say what he plans to do. allies say he will run and insist he does have the numbers, despite the figure of public backers being just over half of what s needed. clearly, he s going to stand, there s a great deal of support for him, as you will have seen. the system is that the proposer and seconders names are made public. other people have a choice as whether to make their names public or not. but the people doing the numbers for boris campaign tell me they have the numbers, so the hundred that is necessary of members of parliament are there. another supporter said borisjohnson had promised to run a
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