Politics

With ten candidates standing to be the next Conservative Party leader, we look at each politician’s experience and where they’ve stood on some key issues, including Brexit, the NHS and LGBTQ+ rights.
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From comparing women in the burqa to 'letterboxes' to once writing of 'piccanninies' with 'watermelon smiles', the prospect of a bigot like Johnson in Downing Street turns my stomach.
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"People who have worked for you for years are turning away from you. If there was a general election, we wouldn’t win it."
Each goes through to the first ballot on Thursday after winning 8 MPs needed to stay in contest.