Resolves YES if any person who has been a permanent leader of the UK Conservative Party provides a clear endorsement of any of the current leadership candidates that remain in the race. The endorsement must take place BEFORE the candidate is locked in as the winner, either:
because they have won
All their competitors have stood down
Their odds on this leadership market have settled at above 90% for longer than three days.
Living former Conservative leaders:
John Major
William Hague
Iain Duncan Smith
Michael Howard
David Cameron
Theresa May
Boris Johnson
Liz Truss
Rishi Sunak
Current leadership candidates:
Kemi Badenoch
Robert Jenrick
James Cleverly
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3.00Just over three weeks to go on this. If I had to guess I'd say we shouldn't expect endorsements from Major, Hague, Howard, May or Sunak. IDS and Cameron are potentials, although I suspect Cameron might realise his influence in the party is on the wane. That leaves Johnson and Truss, who are both wild cards who might well want to feel like they have influence on the party. And would any candidate actually want the endorsement of Liz Truss?
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