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https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics...loodiest-ever/
Less than three days after the starting gun was fired, the battle to succeed Boris Johnson as Conservative leader is shaping up to be one of the bloodiest in the party's history.
Liz Truss, a frontrunner, is accused by potential rivals' supporters of being a "Remainer in Brexiteer's clothing" whose victory would risk another "Theresa May experience", with similar concerns expressed by Brexiteers about Jeremy Hunt.
Rishi Sunak, the former chancellor, is facing claims that he is a tax-raising technocrat who was "captured by the Treasury" - while Nadhim Zahawi, Mr Sunak's successor, is being privately criticised for allegedly allowing civil servants to "reign supreme" at his previous department, a claim allies adamantly deny.
Detractors of Sajid Javid, the former health secretary, are attempting to shred his professed opposition to lockdowns, while one ally of Boris Johnson described Tom Tugendhat, the former Army officer, as "that guy who made one beautiful speech that a proper professional soldier would never have made".
Meanwhile Penny Mordaunt, the trade minister, who has yet to formally declare her candidacy, is facing claims that she is too "woke" to win an election for the Conservatives.
Supporters of one candidate have been quietly resurrecting reports about Suella Braverman's membership of a Buddhist order that has drawn controversy over claims that its founder was a sexual predator.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics...loodiest-ever/
Less than three days after the starting gun was fired, the battle to succeed Boris Johnson as Conservative leader is shaping up to be one of the bloodiest in the party's history.
Liz Truss, a frontrunner, is accused by potential rivals' supporters of being a "Remainer in Brexiteer's clothing" whose victory would risk another "Theresa May experience", with similar concerns expressed by Brexiteers about Jeremy Hunt.
Rishi Sunak, the former chancellor, is facing claims that he is a tax-raising technocrat who was "captured by the Treasury" - while Nadhim Zahawi, Mr Sunak's successor, is being privately criticised for allegedly allowing civil servants to "reign supreme" at his previous department, a claim allies adamantly deny.
Detractors of Sajid Javid, the former health secretary, are attempting to shred his professed opposition to lockdowns, while one ally of Boris Johnson described Tom Tugendhat, the former Army officer, as "that guy who made one beautiful speech that a proper professional soldier would never have made".
Meanwhile Penny Mordaunt, the trade minister, who has yet to formally declare her candidacy, is facing claims that she is too "woke" to win an election for the Conservatives.
Supporters of one candidate have been quietly resurrecting reports about Suella Braverman's membership of a Buddhist order that has drawn controversy over claims that its founder was a sexual predator.
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