Are we in for a 'dirty' Tory leadership contest?

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🗓️ 23 July 2024

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Summary

At last there is white smoke in the negotiations over the rules for the Tory leadership contest. On Monday, the 1922 committee met and agreed a timetable for the contest to succeed Rishi Sunak as Conservative party leader. The plan is for a new leader to be unveiled 2 November with eligible candidates to throw their name into the ring before the summer recess. It's going to be a long process, but will they be able to keep it civil? Will this be a beauty contest or a Tory Wacky Races?

Fraser Nelson speaks to Katy Balls and James Heale.

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0:00.0	Get three months of the spectator for just three pounds.
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0:06.1	Welcome to coffeehouse shots for Daily Podcasts. I'm Fraser Nelson.
0:16.0	The Conservative leadership rules have just been announced and it seems that Rishi Sunnike isn't going to be going to California anytime soon.
0:22.0	He's going to be leading the party until November.
0:25.0	Katie, tell us the latest.
0:27.0	Yes, so there's been a debate going on for a few weeks now on the exact timings and length of the Tory leadership contest.
0:34.0	That I think the MPs could not decide for such a long time and it went against the views of some
0:39.0	on the board and perhaps some close to Rishi Sunak.
0:42.0	Does I think give us a hint of how this Tory
0:44.4	leadership might go being rather divisive. Ultimately it's the MPs release of
0:49.2	the bulk of MPs who have won out it seems. The 1922 committee met on Monday.
0:54.7	Now, there still needs to be signed off
0:56.5	by the Conservative Board on Wednesday.
0:58.6	But I think the expectation amongst MPs,
1:01.2	amongst those on the board, and amongst those around Rishi Sunecks,
1:05.0	ultimately just needs to be rubber stamped.
1:08.0	And it means that one proposition was to have the leadership contest either wrap up just
1:13.4	before conference or at conference almost the X factor one where you would have
1:18.0	knockout rounds at the conference the winner announced on the second last
1:21.0	day and then the speech that That is not likely to happen.
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