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The day’s political developments as they happen, including Tory leadership and Theresa May’s final cabinet meeting as PM Boris Johnson elected new Tory leader Tory leadership election: the full results 12.52pm BST President Trump has congratulated Boris Johnson. Congratulations to Boris Johnson on becoming the new Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. He will be great! 12.48pm BST Boris Johnson’s speech was very short, and probably a disappointment to anyone expecting some trademark Johnson jokes. It was also rather thin for someone who has spent the last four weeks certain almost beyond doubt that they would become the next prime minister. But Johnson will be giving a speech in Downing Street tomorrow, which will receive more attention, he is expected to make a statement to MPs on Thursday, and he is scheduled to give a major speech at the end of this week. Now was not really the time for a major statement of intent. Still, in an extract buried in the middle of the speech, there were two clues as to where he intends to go. Here is key passage. If you look at the history of the last 200 years of this party’s existence, you will see that it is we Conservatives who have had the best insights, I think, into human nature, and the best insights into how to manage the jostling sets of instincts in the human heart. And time again it is to us that the people of this country have turned to get that balance right, between the instincts to own your own home, to earn and spend your own money, to look after your own family – good instincts, proper instincts, noble instincts – and the equally noble instinct to share and to give everyone a fair chance in life. And to look out to the poorest and the neediest, and to build a great society. 12.21pm BST Boris Johnson received 66% of the vote, on an 87% turnout. In percentage terms, that is better than Jeremy Corbyn achieved in the last Labour leadership election, in 2016, when he got 62% of the vote on a 78% turnout (although the electorate in that contest was much larger). It is also better than Jo Swinson achieved yesterday, when she was elected Lib Dem leader with 63% of the vote on a 72% turnout. 12.12pm BST He says his three priorities – deliver, unite and defeat – form the acronym Dud. But that is to leave out the final plan: “energise”. So his acronym is Dude, he jokes. He says he is now going to get on with the job. 12.11pm BST Boris Johnson says the party has to reconcile two conflicting instincts again: the instinct to work with others, and the instinct for self-government. He says in the Financial Times this morning someone said no incoming leader had ever faced such a daunting set of circumstances. 12.09pm BST Boris Johnson says there will be people who question the wisdom of the decision to elect him. No one person or party has a monopoly of wisdom, he says. 12.07pm BST Boris Johnson is giving his victory speech. He starts by saying Jeremy Hunt was a formidable opponent. 12.07pm BST Boris Johnson won with 66% of the vote. Boris Johnson wins with 66% of the vote 12.06pm BST Gillan said there were 159,320 people eligible to vote. Turnout was 87.4%. 12.05pm BST Gillan is now announcing the results. Boris Johnson: 92,153 12.03pm BST Dame Cheryl Gillan is explaining the election process. She also thanks party staff, and the party’s board. And she thanks the ERS for conducting a professional election. And she thanks the 1922 executive too. 12.02pm BST Dame Cheryl Gillan and Charles Walker from the 1922 Committee come on stage to announce the results. Walker thanks the party staff. He says he has a plea as a backbencher. Can we be kinder to the next prime minister than we have been to the current prime minister? 12.00pm BST Lewis invites Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt into the hall. 11.59am BST Lewis thanks Theresa May for her service. It is now paramount that they come together, he says. He says the party will deliver best for the country when it is united. 11.59am BST Lewis says Tory members have undertaken a solemn duty in choosing the next leader. They have engaged constructively and thoughtfully in the process. He says he thinks the party has risen to the task. 11.58am BST Brandon Lewis, the party chairman, is speaking now. He says he is proud of the way the election has been conducted. The candidates have travelled the country and taken hundreds of questions. 11.57am BST Now we’ve got a clip from John Major – but not the statement about the dangers of a no-deal Brexit he made yesterday. David Cameron and Theresa May have also been featured. 11.56am BST Now an extract from Margaret Thatcher’s final speech in the Commons. 11.55am BST At the QEII centre some audio is now being played. It is Winston Churchill, followed by Harold Macmillan (I think) talking about how great it is to be made prime minister. Then Margaret Thatcher’s “You turn if you want to, the lady’s not for turning” soundbite. 11.54am BST The announcement seems imminent. 11.53am BST Here is Geoffrey Cox, the attorney general, checking his watch. As are many people. The event is running late. 11.51am BST From my colleague Daniel Boffey in Brussels 1st shot from EU at Boris. Frans Timmermans at a press conf in Brussels stands by claim that Boris “playing games” with Brexit. “I would just suggest that you look at what he has been writing over the years. He took a long time deciding whether he was for or against the EU”. 11.50am BST Here is Jeremy Hunt and his wife Lucia arriving at the QEII centre a few minutes ago. 11.48am BST This is from Arlene Foster, the DUP leader. In Enniskillen Constituency Office watching developments in London - awaiting the announcement of our new Prime Minister. #HistoricDays pic.twitter.com/dMyOcnpCAL 11.47am BST 11.46am BST From BuzzFeed’s Matthew Champion well, Boris Johnson’s family look absolutely thrilled at what lies ahead pic.twitter.com/Z9z3ky6qrn 11.45am BST From the Mail on Sunday’s Harry Cole As it stands I’m told that Mark Spencer will be the new Chief Whip under a Johnson administration and is intimately involved in reshuffle plans. Victory dependent obviously. 11.42am BST From the Daily Mirror’s Pippa Crerar Here at Tory leadership announcement waiting for the inevitable. Question is how big Boris Johnson’s victory will be. If it’s big enough he’ll have authority to sack or demote critics and non-believers, starting with Jeremy Hunt. pic.twitter.com/3VlmPFvZ4x 11.40am BST In an extraordinary blog Vytenis Andriukaitis, the European commissioner for health and food safety, who is from Lithuania, suggests that Boris Johnson and his fellow Brexiters are just as dishonest as Boris Yeltsin and other politicians were in post-Soviet Russia. Here’s an excerpt. Almost ironically, without comparing the UK itself with the USSR because it is not comparable, I can’t think of a better golden standard than the USSR in terms of fact distortion, reality falsification and blunt oblivions of reality. Then there were the heroes of the perestroika era swearing that they would create a market economy in post-Soviet Russia within 500 days! ‘500 Day Programme’ is history. Like the other the most unrealistic promises at the time, this never became a reality. People paid for these empty and broken promises with impoverishment, inequality and much more. The programme also left one infamous quote: ‘Boris, ti ne prav’ (‘Boris, you are wrong’)! 11.32am BST The cabinet bought Theresa May a handbag and some jewellery as a leaving present, the Times’ Steven Swinford reports. The Cabinet bought Theresa May a handbag and some jewellery with the proceeds of their £1,500 whip round The presents were organised by Michael Gove 11.31am BST From the Independent’s Andrew Woodcock Gavin Williamson & Amber Rudd chatting with @BorisJohnson’s dad Stanley as we await the #conservativeleadership result pic.twitter.com/Ei5SchGz3b 11.29am BST This is from my colleague Heather Stewart, who is at the QEII centre. We’re being treated to a wholesome, all-smiling montage of photos of the Tory leadership campaign… pic.twitter.com/5l7lZIePCh 11.28am BST Here are some other senior Tories arriving at the QEII centre. 11.25am BST Boris Johnson is arriving at the QEII centre shortly. Johnson arriving by car trying to stay away from camera scrum, expecting Hunt here any minute on foot 11.24am BST This is from Anna Soubry, the former Tory MP who now leads the Independent Group for Change. Note to everyone. David Cameron beat David Davies with 68% of the vote. Don’t let anyone spin you some line that anything less is a success or a mandate. #BorisJohnson #BorisDay @ForChange_Now 11.20am BST Anne Milton has resigned as skills minister, saying she has “grave concerns” about the prospect of leaving the EU without a deal (something that Boris Johnson says ministers must accept as an option if they want to serve in his cabinet). She also points out that she abstained last week (ie defying the government whip, which was to vote against) when MPs backed a move intended to stop Boris Johnson proroguing parliament to facilitate a no-deal Brexit. Having abstained in the vote last week, today I have resigned from the Government. It has been an honour to serve on the Conservative frontbenches, my thanks to everyone I have had the pleasure of working alongside. pic.twitter.com/ELo1Y30YqC 11.05am BST Downing Street has just announced that the Labour MP John Mann has been appointed to the government as an independent adviser to the government on antisemitism. Mann, a Brexiter who has been critical of Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership of Labour, chairs the all-party parliamentary group against antisemitism. He will provide advice to the the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG). Commenting on the appointment, Theresa May said: Antisemitism is racism. It has absolutely no place in our society and we must fight its bitter scourge wherever it rears its head. I’ve been proud to lead a government that is tackling such discrimination in all its forms – from making sure courts have the powers they need to deal with those who peddle hatred, to asking the Law Commission to undertake a full review of hate crime legislation. But there is yet more to do. 10.55am BST 10.51am BST Sky’s Sam Coates has the timetable for the announcement. This - from 1140 - is where the announcement event will take place There will be a 2 min introductory video, 3 min Brandon Lewis remarks, Charles Walker introduction then Cheryl Gillan announces the result at 1147 Then a 10 min speech from the new leader Buckle up! pic.twitter.com/t1TbxRiDQp 10.47am BST 10.45am BST Good morning. I’m Andrew Sparrow, taking over Nadeem Badshah. Sorry not to be in earlier. I was held up at home. Here is video of Boris Johnson’s brother Jo and father Stanley arriving at the QEII centre in Westminster for the announcement of the results of the Tory leadership contest. Family Johnson - with senior Johnson advisor Will Walden - arrive pic.twitter.com/oikqSkPwYr 10.25am BST Related: Jo Swinson rules out Lib Dem pact with Labour under Jeremy Corbyn 10.17am BST Prevention was supposed to be one of the Health Secretary’s big three priorities. All we get is this utter disappointment. I kinda hope for his sake these desperate attempts at ingratiation with Boris Johnson is worth it in the end. https://t.co/yo8cQCHElo 10.12am BST Nigel Evans, the Conservative backbench MP, told the BBC: The only thing that’s certain is that Larry the Cat is going to stay in place as the Downing Street cat. Prime ministers come and go, Larry remains in place. 10.08am BST When asked if he believes Boris Johnson could be persuaded that a third runway should be built at Heathrow, the airport’s chief executive John Holland-Kaye told the PA news agency: It’s actually a fait accompli now. The vote in parliament with nearly a four-to-one majority means this is now happening. The judicial review process was a resounding success for the Department for Transport at the first stage, so this is now a reality and things have moved on. 10.01am BST There’s a clear battle going on for Johnson’s ear - between Brexit pragmatists who want a revised deal; and Brexit purists who want a bare bones Free Trade Agreement. 9.59am BST The new Conservative leader will be announced at the QEII centre in London at around 11:45am with campaigners for a People’s Vote protesting outside the venue in Westminster. 9.53am BST New Liberal Democrat leader Jo Swinson says her door is open to members of rival parties who want to join her and the prospect of a Boris Johnson-led Conservative Party pushing for a no-deal Brexit could increase the chances of a second referendum. She said she was involved in talks with MPs from other parties, including the Conservatives, about defecting. I am talking to people in different parties, including Conservatives. There is a reason why thousands of people are joining the Liberal Democrats, when the Conservatives have gone off to the right and Labour have gone off to the left and people who want to see a better politics, a better alternative than the - frankly depressing - choice of Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn, they can join us because there is a better way. 9.46am BST This is a good point - will Labour MPs who wanted to see the referendum result respected look back and think they missed their opportunity to vote for the softest deal that had a chance of passing? (Hindsight is a wonderful thing…) https://t.co/CMLfWIUVUV 9.43am BST When asked if he would serve under Boris Johnson, international development secretary Rory Stewart replied: “No.” Stewart is among the ministers who have arrived at Number 10 along with Matt Hancock, Jeremy Hunt, Liz Truss, Karen Bradley and Jeremy Wright for a cabinet meeting. 9.30am BST Thirteen written ministerial statements on the order paper today. Wonder what May’s Government is trying to sneak out today. pic.twitter.com/0gE1ejXDa7 9.26am BST Green MEP Philippe Lamberts, a member of the European Parliament’s Brexit steering group, said if Boris Johnson wins the Tory leadership race he “will be confronting the exact same situation as Theresa May”. The Belgian MEP told the Today programme: Boris Johnson is known to want many things and often contradictory things like having your cake and eating it, he is on record saying that. So indeed he wants good relations with the European Union and he wants to be able to cut off all ties and not have the Irish backstop and all the rest of it. 9.17am BST Former defence secretary Sir Michael Fallon hasclaimed Boris Johnson’s optimism and fresh mandate would help shift Brussels towards a deal. He told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme: Nobody is aiming for no-deal, that is not the strategy. We want a better deal, parliament wants a better deal, and Boris Johnson has made clear throughout that he wants a better deal. 9.10am BST “It is more likely that I will be reincarnated as an olive, locked in a disused fridge, decapitated by a flying frisbee,” Boris Johnson in 2015 on his chances of becoming PM. Four years on, and here we are. pic.twitter.com/ZSardCrUhA 9.08am BST Justice secretary David Gauke, who said on Sunday he would not serve in Cabinet under Boris Johnson, believes there were “parliamentary mechanisms” which could prevent a no-deal Brexit. That would “not necessarily” involve bringing down a Johnson administration, he said. I think that there will be parliamentary mechanisms, if you like. There is a clear majority in the House of Commons that doesn’t want to leave the EU without a deal, I think that will become very clear in the autumn. Are there circumstances where there is a risk of a government losing a confidence motion? Yes, clearly there are circumstances where there is a risk that that might happen. I think that the new prime minister would be wise to avoid getting into those circumstances. 9.05am BST Here we go - momentous day ahead. Barring a major upset, we’ll soon see how all those cod-Churchillian, Land of Hope and Glory Telegraph columns translate into a manual for government. Over to you, Mr Johnson. 9.03am BST The outcome of the ballot of about 160,000 Tory members will be revealed at just before midday in London with the victor officially becoming prime minister on Wednesday. Jeremy Hunt was in a positive mood when he arrived home from a run this morning despite Boris Johnson remaining the clear favourite to take over from Theresa May. 8.57am BST Moving away from the white smoke to confirm the next prime minister, Ruth Smeeth, parliamentary chairwoman of the Jewish Labour Movement, has called for a completely independent process for dealing with anti-Semitism cases in the party. The MP told the Today programme: The proposals that were sanctioned by the shadow cabinet and will be discussed today at the NEC just simply aren’t good enough. There is still no independence, in fact arguably political power over anti-Semitism cases is going to be consolidated by political supporters of Jeremy Corbyn. 8.42am BST Boris Johnson entered his campaign headquarters in Westminster at around 8am. Asked if he agreed with his rival Jeremy Hunt that it was still all to play for, he said: “All to play for.” 8.40am BST Good morning. There is a momentous day ahead with Boris Johnson expected to be announced as the choice of the Conservative party to be the next prime minister. Theresa May is set to chair her final cabinet meeting as prime minister. Continue reading…
