and not a quitter. but that afternoon, her home secretary was sacked. a vote in the commons that night turned to chaos, with claims mps were nearly brawling in the lobbies, number 10 desperately clarifying what went on at 1.30 in the morning. with no plan that bore her name left, and no authority to speak of, the party decided it was time to bring the misery to an end. yes the conservatives decided it was time for yet another prime minister. so with one out, who of the three will be in? right now, the latest confirmed numbers are rishi sunak way out in front on 129, borisjohnson on 53 and my next guest penny mordaunt on 23. thank you for coming in. i know it is a busy time for you. good morning. fist
history for all the wrong reasons. the shortest serving prime minister in british history. but what are the rest of us to make of it? we need a general election now. there must be a general election. we need another general election. what is going on? he will be running. she is running. and he has come back from the caribbean claiming he has the backing to have a go. we have one big question this morning can any of them get a grip? this morning, we rejoined live in the studio by one of the three contenders we invited on. penny mordaunt is here. and the man leading the call for a general election now, labour leader sir keir starmer. and a man who has been on a journey from deputy prime minister to borisjohnson to now supporting rishi sunak, dominic raab. jacob rees mogg, who is a boris johnson evangelist.