Priti Patel is expected to enter the Conservative leadership contest today after urging a meeting of Brexit supporters to unite behind her.
The interior minister will present herself as the only “authentic” brexiteer who can lead the party. He urged the other uncompromising, Suella Braverman and Kemi Badenoch, to stand by and support him.
He appealed to MEPs from the European Research Group (ERG) last night as dozens of right-wing Conservative MPs discussed how to maximize their chances of getting one of their members to take part in the last two of the contest. Patel did not attend the meeting, which was banned from members of the government.
Rishi Sunak posted his video describing the leadership bid
He already has a campaign team in place and is likely to launch his leadership bid today later