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(left to right) Tory leadership candidates, Kemi Badenoch, Robert Jenrick , James Cleverly and Tom Tugendhat, stand together on stage after delivering their speeches during the Conservative Party Conference at the International Convention Centre in Birmin
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TORYISM is set to lurch sharply rightwards after Conservative MPs sent the two most neanderthal leadership candidates into the final ballot of party members.
In a shock result, today’s frontrunner James Cleverly lost votes and was eliminated from the race.
In the last MPs’ vote, Kemi Badenoch came first with 42 supporters, Robert Jenrick followed with 41 and Mr Cleverley brought up the rear with 37.
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