Kemi Badenoch is not a “loose cannon”, a Conservative MP supporter of her leadership campaign has suggested. Andrew Bowie, who serves as the Conservative Party’s veterans spokesperson in the interim shadow cabinet, suggested Badenoch’s political style could rather “generate the weather.”

Kemi Badenoch, James Cleverly, Robert Jenrick and Tom Tugendhat are the final candidates for the Tory top spot. Although the race was announced on 5 July, the leader will not be revealed until early November – although two candidates have called for the timeframe to be cut down.