The Home Secretary will present herself as the only “authentic” Brexiteer who can lead the party. She urged the other die-hards — Suella Braverman and Kemi Badenoch — to step aside and support her. He appealed to MPs on the European Research Group (ERG) last night as dozens of right-wing Tory MPs debated how to maximize their chances of getting one of their members into the bottom two of the competition. Patel did not attend the meeting, which was barred to members of the government. Rishi Sunak released his video describing the leadership offering She already has a campaign team and is likely to launch her leadership bid later today
