Vote that could make Andrea Leadsom a Tory outlier – like Corbyn

Theresa May seems in a commanding position but the Tory leadership race is fraught with uncertainty

It is beginning to dawn that in the wake of the Brexit vote there will be no such thing as a return to business as usual in British politics. But that’s not just because a prime minister has resigned, important though that is. Much more, it is because the full shock waves of the Brexit win have barely started to be felt.

We won’t see the same kind of drama this week that we saw two weeks ago when David Cameron quit after the referendum vote, or last week when Michael Gove turned against Boris Johnson in the fight to be Cameron’s successor. But the dynamics of the Conservative leadership race are not settled yet.

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