The shadow lodging secretary – who filled in as business and exchange secretary the last government – turns into the 6th individual to put themselves forward.
She joins James Keenly, Tom Tugendhat, Robert Jenrick and Mel Step, who announced last week, and Priti Patel, who sent off her bid at the end of the week, in the race.
Suella Braverman had likewise been supposed to run, she said she has decided not to regardless of having the support of the 10 MPs she really wanted in short order on Monday.
The previous home secretary wrote in an article for The Message her party’s unfortunate political decision result was down to disappointments on relocation, charges and “transsexual philosophy” and said there was “no point” hurrying to lead the Conservatives “when a large portion of the MPs can’t help contradicting my conclusion and remedy”.
“I’ve been marked as frantic, awful, and perilous enough to see that the Conservative Party would rather not hear this. Thus, I will bow around here.
