Tory leadership candidates launch campaigns

Five of them held campaign launches today, although not Boris Johnson, whose team have kept him away from the media so far. Of course that hasn't stopped his rivals from weighing in with subtle, and not so subtle, jibes at his fitness for office, compared to their own. Conservative MPs have their first vote this Thursday and will continue to vote next week until the whole party membership gets to choose between the final two.

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[eightboll]

What a sorry bunch to have forced upon us...

[ALA-uvjq]

What a dodgy lot to choose from. God help the UK.

[billgowland]

My god when those mug shots were up on the screen
I thought I had tuned in to an episode of crime watch UK

[desoliver]

I can take drugs and learn from the experience, but its wrong for everyone else (cough: poor people) who should be punished and face the full force of the law.

[lupo]

How can all ten of them make me shudder when I think of them as prime minister.

[leonbell]

I think they should all declare personal interests in Brexit like Andrea Leadsom’s husband who’s made millions 🤷🏽‍♂️

[a-borgia]

Jeremy Hunt: light as a feather, never accomplished anything.

[markcafferkey]

McVeigh in front of a pic of Maggie Thatcher. For the love of god.

[isoaqua]

Hunt : ... He has successfully got rid of nursing funding ... And help run the nhs into debt ... Which has allowed more privatization and more selling of nhs land 2 private companies...

[aaronjohnson]

Oh my god....stale toffs trying to be cool...that field of wheat is looking pretty rad now.

[mattw]

All drug use is a personal or public health issue and nothing else. Historical drug use ought not to disqualify anyone from anything. FFS.

[arekkrolak]

Next video of Channel 4 will be Gary Gibbon interviewing himself

[RV]

Don't like any of them, they're all out for their own personal gains, but dear God please don't let it be the buffoon.

[silberlinie]

The successful candidate is the one who formulates the goal.
Let us be crystal clear:
-- Revoke --
-- Remain --
-- Reform --

[clevercat]

Is Andrea Leadsom okay? She knows just as well as her audience that she means no deal just with more advanced preparation.

[azza-reqp]

Jeremy hunt is the same as before. A wolf in sheeps clothing he will not deliver a brexit for britain it will be more of the may way with a. Different face.

[adama]

Javid has my vote. His family values are what this country needs.

[matthewwallis]

i would not elect any of them except to managed the local toilets

[millennialfalcon]

Tyra Banks comes to host "Britain's Next Prime Minister"

[ep]

Oh dear... Think it's time for the Tories to do a long disappearing act.