remember that he was someone who refused to work effectively with dominic cummings and was respected by a lot of people for resigning from borisjohnson s government recently. when he came back, it was widely considered that he had been damaged by his own admission that previously while he was networking in politics, he held nine time status, and i think a lot of people were expecting him to be a leadership contender and were expecting to be someone who would be bolder, braver in confronting boris johnson earlier, and then there were questions about whether or not he was a wounded figure, whether he was strong enough after that revelation, and it is interesting to see that he has clearly made a decision. rishi other on the hand can if you read the letter closely, and i have looked carefully at both of these letters, his letter really focuses on the economy. he really highlights strong disagreements that he clearly has with borisjohnson over that, and he says that he would have been unco
borisjohnson insists he was acting within the guidelines. and he has the support of his three most senior members of cabinet. foreign secretary liz truss tweeted that she stood behind the prime minister 100%. while the chancellor rishi sunak used different language. both are tipped as potential successors to borisjohnson. also defending the prime minister is another leadership contender deputy prime minister dominic raab. the prime minister has come to the house of commons and given a very clear account, taken questions on this. he has been clear that he believed he was acting in accordance with the rules at the time. but of course he understands that the perception that those in power are not following the rules that many others are required to, particularly those who have been through serious hardship or lost