fled sri lanka after weeks of mass protests. at ten o clock we will be here with a full round up of the day s news. first, newscast. hello. hello, it is victoria in the studio. chris in the studio. one of the other things we have been doing on newscast is, for the tory leadership contest, getting big bbc brands and smashing them into the tory leadership contest, so today please listen tojohn briggs, whom you may recognise as the voice of the weakest link. after the second round of voting, rishi sunak has banked the most. as the former chancellor he would, wouldn t he? he has 101 votes, making him the strongest link. according to the bookies, penny mordaunt is the favourite to win, despite trailing on 83 votes. her initials are already pm, but will the conservative party agree? liz truss looked a little lost at her launch this morning, but she is ploughing forwards, with 64 votes. as part of her bid, kemi badenoch has taken aim at the online safety bill, but is she playing a d
proper the country as well, that proper way to renew an office is a clean proper way to renew an office is a clean slate, they go for someone is a clean slate, they go for someone like a penny mordaunt, who is someone like a penny mordaunt, who is hot someone like a penny mordaunt, who is not very widely known, would who is not very widely known, would be who is not very widely known, would be the most unknown prime mirrister would be the most unknown prime minister on would be the most unknown prime minister on assuming office in our lifetimes probably, but would our lifetimes probably, but would be undeniably a completely clean slate, whereas your guy completely clean slate, whereas your guy was stood there right alongside borisjohnson, was fined. alongside borisjohnson, was fined. as alongside borisjohnson, was fined, as victoria mentions, and fined, as victoria mentions, and is fined, as victoria mentions, and is kind fined, as victoria mentions, and is
the reason borisjohnson left office was not down i to a policy dispute. it wasn t like when theresa may left. i it was not down to that. while rishi has delivered a whole load of the borisi johnson agenda as hisl chancellor, he is a very different character. my view is that we can have that renewal in office, - if you like, with rishi sunak. we would undoubtedly have it with penny, - but a very different character. you really do need to have been in high office to be prime - minister. can i ask what it s like, running to be leader and prime minister? you did it last time. idid. what did you think? i absolutely loved running. and this time i loved i being able to observe it with a bit of. distance? ..a perspective. before you backed rishi sunak, did your phone go bonkers, saying, would you join us?