he along with people like david liddington... he was along with people like david liddington. ..ceptic before borisjohnson. they are all slamming his view, saying —— borisjohnson‘s view, saying —— borisjohnson‘s view, saying there could be an implementation period, and you have people saying it is just not the case. i assume that borisjohnson‘s tea m case. i assume that borisjohnson‘s team say that you do not know what will happen, they have seen one prime minister come down because of this. there has also been a change in brussels? yes, not in terms of leaders but in terms of commission, and you have seen labour mps, it has been incredible seeing them saying that if a deal came out now, i would vote for it! laughter if borisjohnson if boris johnson has if borisjohnson has the current —— charisma, he may get them to change their mindsa charisma, he may get them to change their minds a little bit, jeremy hunt was foreign —— as foreign secretary, and she knows how they feel about it. so you can see all of that, but it requires movement on the other side, of which there has not been

the fact for example that david liddington the deputy prime minister has come out in his favour.ot quite a few mps, including matt hancock, sajid javid, with not inconsiderable support, the question is who can generate momentum, and who can persuade mps who are perhaps doubtful about boris johnson persuade mps who are perhaps doubtful about borisjohnson that they are the person? almost undoubtedly this is the area of the contest. just remember, boris johnson has the tactic of saying as little as possible at the moment. the question will be whether he can continue to do that for notjust the two weeks in which the mps will vote on this but also the four weeks that the conservative membership vote. at one stage she will have to see more in public that he has so far, then the question will be, does he persuade people with his charisma or does he end up blowing it? —— at one stage he will have two c. because boris johnson stage he will have two c. because borisjohnson is associated with the leave campaign, that is an attribute. he looks like the one person that might be able to persua

liam fox is backing jeremy hunt, but he is an arch brexiteer, and he is sitting there with david liddingtonris johnson's view, saying there do not need to be tariffs, there could be implementation during the withdrawal agreement, and people saying that is not the case. tim johnson would say that you do not know what is going to happen with the prime minister, they have seen one prime minister brought down by this, and it is a change in terms of the commission and the eu, and they may feel we have to give them something to get it through. how large a number of labour mps say that if the deal came back now i would vote for it! laughter there is movement, and if you say that boris johnson laughter there is movement, and if you say that borisjohnson has the charisma, he could maybe get them to change their mind about. jeremy hunt says i know all these people because i am foreign secretary, i will have a steady approach, and they could argue that jeremy hunt has more chance of bringing over labour mps than boris johnson might. but this requires movement on the other side, of which there has not

david levenson says he is backing rory stewart to be the next leader of the tory party —— david liddingtonarty's deputy leader says the hearts of the labour members are remain. here's our political editor laura kuenssberg. come on boris! come on! the only glimpse you'll get today. minders driving the favourite into parliament. borisjohnson doesn't want to talk to you or me right now. but to screw—down mps, whose backing he needs. he is very deliberately being kept from scrutiny. he is approaching this important event with seriousness and professionalism and using his time wisely, which is to convince mps to support him. the other wannabes use every chance to make their case. but borisjohnson can't make promises without a price tag for long. every monday when boris writes his column, he makes another pledge for a lot of money, either a tax cut or a spending pledge. the question all politicians have to answer is where is the money coming from? mrjohnson is way ahead of the pack. the other five candidates scrapping over second—place. i think this tory election contest is a chance for all of u