conservative party leadership contest 2022
The Conservative Party's civil war is on full display with MPs, Lords and party members tearing chunks off each other.
Mike Freer said: "When senior colleagues had throwaway comments, vilifying the trans community, that was simply not acceptable."
The foreign secretary said she did not quit Boris Johnson's cabinet because she was "loyal" to him and supported his aspirations.
"The whole thing is an absolute farce," Ian King said.
The new chancellor also made a thinly veiled swipe at his predecessor Rishi Sunak, saying that “cutting taxes isn’t a fairytale”.
Tory leadership candidate hits out at rivals for spreading "poisonous gossip".
The transport secretary said he will create a "strike force" to help Tory MPs win their seats at the next election.
The new chancellor described the saga as "deeply embarrassing".