BREAKING: James Cleverly knocked out of Tory leadership race

Former home secretary James Cleverly is out of the leadership contest, despite a shock surge in votes yesterday.
Kemi Badenoch received the backing of 42 MPs, Robert Jenrick got 41 and James Cleverly had 37.
Robert Jenrick and Kemi Badenoch are the final two candidates, and party members will decide their next leader in a ballot over the next three weeks.
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[@alfprenter8255]

The loonies have taken over

[@genericaccount343]

Who cares, they’re all bellends.

[@shawnhart8716]

Best comment this year.

[@HaydenCyclist]

Oxbridge 🔔 ends. A higher class of 🔔 end.

[@davesandall4530]

The bottom of the barrel has been well and truly scraped

[@JupiterThunder]

The Tories have long since scraped through the bottom of the barrel and through the cellar floor, and they are now thrashing around in the sewer looking for a turd to lead them back to greatness.

[@paulbarker6743]

The best person to help get the Tories back in power is Kier Starmer

[@dannyquinn9128]

The only semi-sensible one is gone. This will be disastrous for them.

[@HaydenCyclist]

He was keir starmer in disguise.

[@PJH13]

Exactly, this is like the Labour party in 2015. Losing badly and deciding their only mistake was they just weren't bonkers enough

[@dannyquinn9128]

@@PJH13 I couldn't agree more. They worry more about the five seats they lost to Reform, than the fifty odd seats they lost to the Lib Dems.

[@jimwest7107]

He wasn't very conservative though.

[@Bungle-UK]

How dare the conservatives select candidates that are, erm, conservatives 🤷‍♂️

[@DJLalr]

Mate, this is final nail on the conservative coffin - the party is already dead, init.

[@richardjones8699]

They're literally only a point behind in the polls

[@GoogleSnakeee]

YESSS the only possible chance of the tories winning is out🥳🥳🥳

[@YourenotHavingmydetails]

We need the Tories to be right wing with little to do with the previous Government as possible.

[@Alexander-yb1zc]

The next few weeks are going to be very fun to hear the tories fight about, Maternity leave, minimum wage, ECHR and anything else they dream up thinking people care about 😂

[@richardjones8699]

But people do care about the ECHR and it's impact on immigration

[@Bungle-UK]

Leaving the ECHR has majority support according to the polls. Now, name any policy of the current policy that has as much support?

[@LeighRichards27]

So Tory MPs have opted for a leadership election between a Liz Truss Mark 2 and a Liz Truss Mark 2 🤣. They've obviously learned the lessons of their electoral annihilation lol

[@richardjones8699]

They're only a point behind in the polls

[@dannyquinn9128]

​@@richardjones8699Because they finally thought they'd have a semi-sensible leader. They will plummet with either one of these in charge.

[@Leviathan-xy4bm]

That should be the tory's out for atleast another 10 years! Excellent

[@richardjones8699]

They're literally only a point behind in the polls.

[@JonScott-jv8jg]

I’m in stitches 😂. Once again Tory incompetence exceeds all expectations. The real problem is that the parliamentary Tory party is terrified of the membership and have now shot themselves in the foot.

[@richardgale1287]

The one who paints over murals or the one who bickers with Doctor Who. Very serious politicians.

[@richardjones8699]

The one who wants to massively cut immigration please.

[@Nick-xf5hr]

Hilarious, Tories finally have voted for the end of the Tory party. Break out the bunting.

[@YourenotHavingmydetails]

The country doesn't need a cente leaning Conservative party. The country needs a legitimate right wing alternative

[@richardjones8699]

They're literally only a point behind in the polls

[@EdwardThatch-ee7yx]

Vote Reform. Forget the clown show that are the Tories and Labour. Enough is enough

[@elkpaz560]

Apparently they want a future.

[@billienomates1606]

Just another smoke and mirrors routine for the eventual outcome of the one who was decided on before they even started the voting in my opinion. Pit of vipers that is all they are again in my opinion.

[@lastdimestudios]

JC can’t answer a question straight!!

[@geraldford9967]

Oh great we're going to be a one party system for the next 10 years.

[@chrisspencer6502]

Just when I thought the Tory circus 🎪 would stop when they were voted out

[@b3108]

Would love to see the % of the total membership who don’t vote for either one left

[@brendanpells912]

Cleverly isn't really white enough for the party membership. Looks like Honest Bob will walk it.

[@DavidR_192]

This has absolutely made my... week. He has no empathy or ability to relate to ordinary people (like so many Tories). Cleverly is a born bureaucrat. He should have joined the civil service.

[@versioncity1]

Hilarious. The tories have just handed Labour a 2nd term.

[@EdwardThatch-ee7yx]

Labour won’t win a second term. Everyone is going vote for Reform.

[@Evemeister12]

@@EdwardThatch-ee7yx reform have peaked. they won't win anything.

[@versioncity1]

@@EdwardThatch-ee7yx In the dreams of the retards and gammons that will happen I'm sure.

[@Phillip-p1e]

Am not sure if Reform will win ... They got the majority of their votes from people who live in not so well off areas where migrants also live , jobs are scarce and there is not much in the way of prosperity.... The Tories got votes from the middle classes and those who live in the countryside where the every day issues don't affect them.. ​@@EdwardThatch-ee7yx

[@richardjones8699]

The Tories are literally only a point behind in the polls

[@dailyhunter3683]

Tactical voting.

[@N_scale]

Remember when Tories put in truss and then hated they did and put in Sunak? Maybe cleverly is going to be in when the Tories change their mind again

[@matthewcook9404]

Putin to Farage “Well done comrade. Your work here is done”. 😂😂😂

[@nickinthefield4202]

Another one flushed…

[@paulsennitt2079]

They all need to go to jail

[@TMan786]

It's true what they say, only the good die young. Why oh why Lord! Take me instead. He was so beautiful.

[@RobertBrown-de6cw]

What great news now let’s hope the other two decide they are not good enough and rule themselves out

[@denisburgess2966]

He is not so clever.

[@barrypooley3192]

Never was but people have such a short memory 🤬🤬🤬🤬

[@FlbcImp]

This leadership contest has nothing to do with what is best for the country it's about what faction gains control and can impose its ideology on the party,power is the name of the game.

[@kenroyforte6175]

Tory going extremely right to select their candidate

[@richardjones8699]

Is wanting control of our borders that?

[@hilarymiseroy]

They have to as Sir Granny Harmer has stolen the centre ground and they need to fight of Farrage and Reform.

[@YourenotHavingmydetails]

We can only hope

[@jimwest7107]

That's bad news for Labour. Most conservative pair are left.

[@KingJ.B]

Personally, I think the last good Conservative Prime Minister was John Major. After that all Conservative leaders lacked spine and a backbone, meaning that we faced problems after problems. I thought standards could not get lower, but I guess I was wrong.

[@adrianlloyd6403]

The guy on the left definitely didn't get his suit off Lord Alli

[@liamstanley2325]

I usually don't like to give stupidly any credit, but even for the cons I think this was a big misstep.

[@deborahroberts9582]

Starmer will be wetting himself. At last he's going to face the music . Give it to him Kemi .

[@neavius]

Haha , not so clever now, I know, I know to easy

[@robertnapier624]

I’m no Tory supporter but I’ll admit I was surprised. I thought cleverly would make the final two.

[@richardjones8699]

He's too associated with the failures of the last Govt.

[@robertnapier624]

@@richardjones8699 fair point

[@wendyholland2339]

Great news

[@dianeglanville]

Not so cleverly now another muppet out can't stand them

[@barrypooley3192]

He should have been rejected in the first vote total tosser 🤬🤬🤬🤬💯💯💯

[@stevenlaput9496]

not so clever after all……

[@Phillip-p1e]

My money is on Robert Jenerick.... If he wins leadership, he said he'd push for the UK to leave the ECHR if the Tories won the next election.. ???

[@richardjones8699]

Ditto

[@YourenotHavingmydetails]

We can only hope

[@versioncity1]

He can push for whatever batshit crazy ideas he wants to but he won't be taking power, of that I'm certain.

[@Phillip-p1e]

But when asked how long it would take to leave the ECHR he couldn't say as there are miles and miles of red tape and many grey areas... Look how long it took us to leave the EU , not to mention the cost... But stranger things have happened at sea.... So let's see 👍

[@neil6644]

Does it matter they all pssss in the same pot & promise us everything BUT once they get the job they get amnesia & blame their predecessors, its a bottomless pit of money for them to throw about & they dive in it head first.

[@AllanHinde-mb2pr]

Not so clever eh

[@GarfaGarfGarf]

God the oppositions going to useless....

[@Blazedreptile]

Thats the medias chosen one

[@keithward782]

Badenock for leader

[@GoogleSnakeee]

keithward782 for mental hospital

[@Phillip-p1e]

I don't think Miss Badenock is really ready to take on what would be her biggest ever gig ... But stranger things have happened at sea... Let's see ..

[@robgray2973]

The membership will vote for Jenrick, can anybody guess why?

[@onlyme8117]

is the hue a clue?

[@czech-street-workout4193]

They will vote 4 Bad enoch not De jenrick

[@elvishprincess321]

Kemi is a talentless bully, rob is a plastic ken doll but I prefer him to her.

[@twotonetedfromteddingtone4584]

so what....

[@RoadRunnerHemi]

Freakin A

[@hannacook859]

It is not that exciting, why the drama?

[@barrypooley3192]

Exactly who gives a damm they totally let us and the country down over 14 years of the same lies there telling now and they think we will believe them 😂😂😂😂😂

[@theworldsalie]

I've no respect for any of them , whitherever party.

[@colintuffs568]

Great news for Miss Bad Enoch , keeping history alive 😮

[@Bungle-UK]

Enoch was right 🤷‍♂️

[@johnbiscuit9079]

How did that happen then lol?

[@lokischildren8714]

I don't care about it hr Facist party

[@michaelhughes1480]

Good he had his chance in power and did f all, as did the other two .....so its the best of two DUDS.

[@barrypooley3192]

Should have been Suella Braverman leading the party weeks ago if they wanted any chance of not being doomed to the graveyard of politics with the labrats 💯💯💯🤬🤬🤬🤬

[@colinthompson3111]

Nelson Muntz laugh.

[@PhilipEvans-in4xu]

Ha ha ha

[@MrDuffnote]

Think carefully about what the last diversity hire did for the Tory party.

[@rrowell4163]

Lol yeah 1) Dancing queen Theresa may hounded the elderly windrush 2)Baby father Boris oven ready Brexit - was uncooked & he's still unsure what a COVID Tory booze up is 3) Cheese loving Liz truss -with a dry gin & wry grin tanked the economy 4)Shorty Sunak had more money ( millions ) than sense 5) Former website hacker badenoch still saying & doing anything to appeal to anyone still obsessed with the entirely contrived culture wars 5)Count Dracula Jenrick thirsts for a makeover - "Tory the Nasty Party part 2 6) Cleverly is far from anything called clever The problem is Badenoch ,Jenrick & cleverly were front and centre of woeful Last Tory govt - There actual presence is the problem not the solution .

[@christophermonahan8571]

The Tories are truly diverse, they even gave the lunatic (truss) a go

[@TGNWR98UD]

Go Kemi!

[@GerryT.]

Go and don't come back

[@mojalalunia]

it is all staged.

[@Phillip-p1e]

She's not Imo ready for what would be her biggest ever gig..

[@AngeIDynamite]

🥱🥱🥱

[@royalalloy3471]

LoL no one cares

[@sid35gb]

Obviously the Tory membership takes the view that the party wasn’t Bat Sh*t Crazy enough 😂

[@versioncity1]

They want 'ideological purity'.... apparently. Wait for their proposals now, sending people to Rwanda and national service will seem like reasonable suggestions with what they come up with.

[@whatsgoinon5516]

Yes the colour Tory situation was only during BLM 😂

[@earnestequivocation6250]

Tee hee……the swivel eyed loons will select Badenoch even though she’s black - this should ensure oblivion for the Tory Party.

[@RoyRushforth]

Good how’s

[@michaelwells6797]

Just shows how far right and racist this Tory Party is.

[@westendwatch]

they're going to elect a Nigerian lady

[@grannytakesatrip1128]

@michaelwells6797 - Where is your evidence.

[@moldyolddough1]

@@grannytakesatrip1128 Eyes, ears, and brain should be sufficient in this case!

[@grannytakesatrip1128]

​@@moldyolddough1 - I'll try one more time. Where is your evidence?

[@michaelwells6797]

@@grannytakesatrip1128 The history of them both and that of many,many experts on political matters.

[@SquirtSquirtle-p1h]

He was probably the least bad of the three. Still bad, but at least not godawful like Kemi and Rob.

[@elvishprincess321]

Yes I would forced to pick go with Jenrick, hes not as big a fraud as Kemi.

[@KeithDeley]

Race card will be chucked on the table

[@YourenotHavingmydetails]

Badenoch is in the final two pal

[@Bungle-UK]

A black woman in the final two….Labour take note 😂😂

[@Jenny-e4v]

I don't see kemi leading.

[@elvishprincess321]

I'm not a fan of her & my entire family are tory voters, none of them like her, shes a fraud.

[@onlyme8117]

Will she reach the top of the lectern?

[@Jenny-e4v]

@@onlyme8117 I doubt it. Kemi will be out

[@Phillip-p1e]

Kemi Badenock imo is not really ready to take on what will be her biggest ever gig...

[@richardboland1935]

😮

[@tommy4244]

😂👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@varadharajannadarajah]

😂

[@stephencalcutt8396]

😊

[@jonesyjones7626]

There would be absolutely no point voting for a Cleverly run Conservative Party. He is a liberal, a fan of migration, DE&I policies and is mr smug. Reform would have only git bigger.

[@martinfox3478]

Hilarious 😁😁😁

[@kingayman5225]

HA

[@flabbybum9562]

Come on Kemi!

[@GerryT.]

Bad Enoch is the most ignorant, arrogant MP of all time.

[@elvishprincess321]

@@GerryT. yes shes just a bully with no talent, not somebody I would happily work for.

[@orenjijaez1818]

That result'll make me wanna go Lib Dem next election

[@barrypooley3192]

Suella Braverman should have been the leader to have any chance of returning to politics now they are doomed for years 💯💯💯💯👏👏

[@richardjones8699]

They're literally only a point behind in the polls

[@Phillip-p1e]

All candidates have categoricaly daid they would NOT team up with Reform??

[@hyderally8045]

Izraeel is carrying out a massacre in Jabalia. But thats self defence rigjt?

[@GerryT.]

Now Mr Not So can get on with Operation Crawl Up Who He Thinks Will Win's Backside.

[@attiliobotti5249]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣