'I believe Conservatives shouldn't speak ill of one another' Oliver Dowden, the former Tory party co-chairman, on Jacob Rees-Mogg's comments regarding leadership hopeful Rishi Sunak Newsnight Follow live updates on the leadership race here:
Over the last 24 hours or so dozens of Tory MPs have publicly backed the candidate they feel is fit to succeed Boris Johnson as leader.Kingswood MP Chris Skidmore is one of them and he's been telling BBC News he feels the lack of dialogue on the environment as a leadership issue is a missed opportunity.
He said his phone had been"constantly buzzing with various leadership candidates trying to get in contact"."For me this isn't about personality, it is about polices which we should be putting in place."
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