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to the uk as a child. temperatures continue to soar across parts of europe in the uk the heatwave is now set to peak early next week. hello and welcome to westminster. british conservative mps will cast their first vote today for who they want to replace borisjohnson as party leader and uk prime minister. let s take a closer look at the timetable for today.there are eight candidates through to the first round of voting each one of them needs to secure 30 votes today to stay in the race. if they all cross that 30 vote threshold, then the candidate with the fewest number of votes would be eliminated. the poll opens at 1:30 the electorate is made up of conservative mps. we are expecting a result at about five o clock. to be announced, as before, by graham brady, the chairman of the conservative backbench 1922 committee. further votes will take place over the next few days in order to whittle the number of candidates down to two. let s get more from our political corresponden ....
Thank you forjoining us. has he tacked right and slightly. is he changing his spots a bit, to try to get broader support? get broader support? jeremy has alwa s, get broader support? jeremy has always. ever get broader support? jeremy has always, ever since get broader support? jeremy has always, ever since i get broader support? jeremy has always, ever since i started - always, ever since i started reporting, when i was a whip back in 2005, when he was elected to parliament, he has been very consistent about the positions he has taken, based on evidence and data. he is quite an intellectual politician in that sense. what i really like about his style is that he learns as he is doing anyjob he has done about how to do it better. and he has the intellectual self confidence in himself. he doesn t have to take a position to prove a point. it s actually about sound administration, based on evidence, sound, centre right philosophy behind him that should carry the confidence of his co ....