Liz Truss seemed to pick up some of eliminated Attorney General Suella Braverman’s backers in the third round of voting by MPs, going up from 64 to 71.

Lord Moylan said Tory leadership hopeful Penny Mordaunt quit the role of head of communications for Kensington and Chelsea Council in London because she ‘couldn’t do the job’.

The leadership hopeful has claimed that rivals depicting her as a ‘woke warrior’ want to damage her reputation, and has sought to depict herself as ‘no-nonsense’ and ‘down-to-earth’.

PLATELL’S PEOPLE: Another said it would be ‘a mistake to replace a leader with a brain the size of Britain with someone who had a brain the size of the Isle of Man’.

Penny Mordaunt – a surprise bookies’ favourite – demanded her opponents tone down their tactics as she boasted about polls suggesting is the most popular with party members.

ANDREW PIERCE: The truth is that there are already troubling questions concerning what she’s saying in her campaign and what she actually said in the past.

The trade minister cemented her position as a front-runner in the party’s leadership race after a second round of MP’s votes yesterday. But she is under scrutiny over her alleged ‘woke’ views.

Brits poked fun at the ‘cringey’ efforts, which included a bizarre TikTok post by Transport Secretary Grant Shapps set to a throbbing disco soundtrack.

Penny Mordaunt’s position as one of the bookies’ favourites to become the next Tory leader has led to a furious row over her stance on trans issues.

In two hours of political bloodshed, Mr Johnson axed half Theresa May’s Cabinet – including his Tory leadership rival Jeremy Hunt. And he made Sajid Javid Chancellor.