Two senior Tories back Tugendhat as new leader
The Independent|July 21, 2024
Two senior Tories have thrown their weight behind Tom Tugendhat to be the new Conservative Party leader. Damian Green and Steve Baker, who lost their seats in the 4 July election but are influential figures in the party, have endorsed shadow security minister Mr Tugendhat.
HELEN CORBETT
Two senior Tories back Tugendhat as new leader

Mr Baker is an ardent Brexiteer, and former leader of the European Research Group, while Mr Green was chair of the One Nation group of Tory moderates.

They wrote in The Daily Telegraph: "We ought to choose to transcend old divisions of Leave versus Remain, One Nation versus right. We cannot spend the next five years in recriminations over the past 10. We cannot spend our time in opposition seeking to expel one wing of the party or another.

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