made but borisjohnson and rishi sunak were leading the race last night, according to the paper. the daily telegraph says borisjohnson is privately encouraging mps to support him returning to downing street and has pledged that only he can win the conservatives the next election. let s take a look at today s papers. a very clear message from the daily mirror with its headline general election now . and lettuce rejoice says the daily star which has spent the last week or so monitoring whether a lettuce would outlast the premiership of liz truss, and it did. now we can go to birmingham. larry, the cat, the most permanent resident i think of downing street of recent times, is still here so there is your continuity which is what people want to hear. hannah is gauging that from businesses and parties at birmingham wholesale market. good