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22 October 2018updated 07 Jun 2021 5:02pm

Why you haven’t heard of Boris Johnson’s most important endorsements

By Patrick Maguire

It’s been a big couple of days for endorsements in the Conservative leadership race. Yesterday Jeremy Wright, the culture secretary, gave his backing to Sajid Javid, while Liam Fox, the international trade minister, threw his weight behind Jeremy Hunt this morning. Neither of those cabinet endorsements, however, tells us all that much about where the race is headed. 

For that, look instead to two former remainers (and staunch May loyalists) who pledged their support to Boris Johnson yesterday: Simon Hart, the MP for Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire, and Michael Ellis, the transport minister and MP for Northampton North. 

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