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1922 Committee chair says only two candidates likely to run in Tory leadership contest

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Sir Graham Brady, chairman of the influential 1922 Committee of backbench MPs, is vague about whether one or two candidates would be likely to run for the Conservative Party leadership after the resignation of Liz Truss. “The party rules say there will be two candidates unless there is only one candidate" he says. SOUNDBITE

Added on the 20/10/2022 16:23:11 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images

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