Moment James Cleverly was eliminated from Tory leadership race

In a shock result, the former foreign and home secretary has not made it through to the final round of a contest that could shape the future of a once-dominant Conservative party.
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Instead, two rightwingers, the former business secretary Kemi Badenoch and the former immigration minister Robert Jenrick, will go head to head in a vote by party members, with the victor being announced on 2 November.
In the final round of voting by Tory MPs, Badenoch came first with 42 out of 120 votes, with Jenrick a close second on 41 votes, while Cleverly, who won the third round of voting, received 37
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[@trevormannsfield]

I'm not even slightly surprised that the finals are between the two most extreme candidates

[@gilesbaron6893]

Everything is extreme when you stand so far to the side

[@trevormannsfield]

@@gilesbaron6893 You think attacking maternity leave is a moderate position? How about cruelty towards child refugees? Is that normal to you?

[@daw60-gx3fo]

@@gilesbaron6893 Indeed

[@auroraborealis-zm1or]

He got cleverly ousted!

[@ffotograffydd]

So it’s down to either Bad-Enoch or Ozempic Boy… just when you thought the Tories couldn’t sink any lower! 😂

[@jake751]

They are finished. Another racist reform party.

[@TinaBUTCHER-ph1ph]

Just when I thought Trump was the laughing stock of the world the Tories bring these two out

[@shiptoast4465]

Both Badenoch and Jenrick are all talk. They don't actually believe in what they say and have no intention of acting on it.

[@jake751]

All racist and disgusting No difference now between reform and conservative.

[@samuelstevens248]

Great news for those who dont want a tory government for at least 10 years 😁

[@jake751]

A lot longer

[@youarewhatyouare]

Luckily were not all daft and we know the march to darkness is full apace so torys can deprive old and young of truth and justice

[@ohhiitsmike]

Politics must be the easiest job in the world

[@grahamfoster8446]

So that's another 5 year term in opposition after the next election then

[@adriennemeager297]

So obviously tactical do they think we are all thick?

[@kapitankapital6580]

That's incredibly surprising. Almost suspiciously so. Almost all the MPs who voted for Tugenhadt went over to the two far right candidates? Yeah, I don't think so, at least not of their own volition. Something happened behind the scenes here, methinks.

[@jameswatson4692]

Looking at the state of those three chaps…. The Tory Party is absolutely doomed….

[@BrendaSimmons-v9p]

The worst result possible. Right wing or right wing.

[@stephentaylor4513]

Now they have the worst 2 left DOOMED goodbye Tories

[@matthewframpton8737]

This made me actually laugh out loud. Cleverly was the CLEAR best choice to lead the opposition and take on Labour. But the party and membership are SO deluded and out of touch that they've ended up with two extremely unpopular options that the general public both hate.

[@melgrant7404]

Cleverless.

[@TinaBUTCHER-ph1ph]

So, its the battle of the last 2 loons

[@rachelauburn4125]

Kemi

[@jake751]

🤮🤮🤮

[@chrisgraham6148]

Who cares

[@shamrockshamus]

Why publish the video here. This is a leftard echo channel.

[@420booth]

Normal didn't appeal to to Tories did it

[@Philippians2v10-12]

Is this the best that the Tories can offer?

[@Emma_square_Feet]

These are top priority Tory MPs that Sunak deemed worthy of safe seats, which tells you everything, if you thought that the Tories had finished veering to extreme right, well your in for spectacle.

[@Freakinawesome333]

Tories on their way to choosing the worst available candidate yet again 😂

[@Needafollower]

Go kemi

[@TinaBUTCHER-ph1ph]

And don't come back

[@dmitriiordati353]

We need a black prime minister ! We ‘ve got already Pakistani mayor of London.

[@bukton10]

We need a competent and independent-minded prime minister and not a just black PM. Race issues do not produce miracles ...

[@ba-gg6jo]

What about the Inuit, always ignored

[@Michael-ip1sl]

I’m so confused

[@barrypooley3192]

That's not difficult for a conclub or labrats voter let's be honest 😂😂😂😂

[@jakejoseph8228]

Bye bye 😂

[@garybrockwell2031]

Hoorah 💪

[@barrypooley3192]

Even in the treacherous party of the conclub they get something right its just a shame they didn't include the only real leader of the party in the line-up Suella Braverman 💯💯💯👏👏👏🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@jake751]

😂😂😂 fool

[@TinaBUTCHER-ph1ph]

😅