Mr. Javid gave frontrunner Liz Truss's campaign a further boost last night when he announced he was backing the Foreign Secretary over Rishi Sunak to be the next party leader and the UK's new Prime Minister.
But the ex-minister, whose resignation from Mr. Johnson's cabinet last month triggered a ministerial mutiny which led to the PM's downfall, admitted the campaign had exposed divisions in the party that needed to be fixed.
Mr. Javid, who initially stood as a candidate but pulled out after failing to get enough backers, said on Times Radio: "The contest itself...at some times has it been unpleasant, a bit bruising? It has been and I think that wherever that comes from, that's not necessary and people should compete on their policies and then put the best case forward about why they should be the leader."
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