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Hello and welcome to Smithhazard Coffee House Shots.

The toilet sheet content is watching out, which is appropriate given the weather

where we're rather sweltering on our roof here in pond.

So Katie, catch up. Where are we at lunchtime on Tuesday?

So by the end of the day we expect some candidates to be out of the contest.

In fact, Grant Shaps already is. He is rode in behind Rishi Sunag.

And this comes after the 1922 change the rules last night after the new executive was elected

to raise a threshold. So you need 20 MPs to back you, including a composer and seconder,

to get on the ballot in the first place. And then from there for the first round tomorrow,

which is Wednesday, you need to have at least 30 MPs supporting you.

Now, at the time of speaking, there are only free candidates to have over 20,

but we expect that to go up as the day goes on. But because you know, some other figures knocked

out, people like Sajja Javid, Nadim Zahori, I think there was an assumption they would probably get

free the first round, but we just need to see if they do have the numbers while we get to the

afternoon. And of course, we'll bring updates on Coffee House and so forth at that point.

In terms of where the contest is, we've also had free launches this morning. So Tom Tuggenhark,

Kamibadenok, and also Rishi Sunag, the front who is currently seen as the front runner.

And I think in terms of Liz Truss' campaign, we're perhaps beginning to see the right

formulating around one candidate. We're not there yet, but Jacob Riesmog and Nadim Doris have come

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