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Tory leadership: Where do candidates stand on indyref2? | Tory leadership: Where do candidates stand on indyref2? |
(6 days later) | |
Penny Mordaunt, Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss are the remaining candidates to replace Boris Johnson | |
Three candidates continue in the race to become the next prime minister and Conservative party leader. | |
The field will be whittled down to a final two this afternoon, before party members have the final say. | |
Whoever wins the contest when the result is announced on 5 September will immediately face demands from the SNP for an independence referendum to be held in October of next year. | Whoever wins the contest when the result is announced on 5 September will immediately face demands from the SNP for an independence referendum to be held in October of next year. |
Here is a what each of the remaining candidates has had to say about indyref2. | Here is a what each of the remaining candidates has had to say about indyref2. |
Rishi Sunak | Rishi Sunak |
The former Chancellor's resignation alongside Health Secretary Sajid Javid played a key role in the collapse of support for Boris Johnson within the government. | The former Chancellor's resignation alongside Health Secretary Sajid Javid played a key role in the collapse of support for Boris Johnson within the government. |
Mr Sunak is now one of the favourites to replace Mr Johnson, with his Ready for Rishi campaign being publicly backed by more Conservative MPs than any other candidate. | |
He has previously said that it was "absolutely not our intention" to hold another independence referendum under any circumstances, describing the UK as the "most enduring and successful union the world has seen". | He has previously said that it was "absolutely not our intention" to hold another independence referendum under any circumstances, describing the UK as the "most enduring and successful union the world has seen". |
Follow the latest on the Conservative leadership contest | Follow the latest on the Conservative leadership contest |
He has also argued that people want politicians to focus on the cost of living crisis, energy security and economic growth rather than the constitution. | He has also argued that people want politicians to focus on the cost of living crisis, energy security and economic growth rather than the constitution. |
And he has pledged to bring the whole of the UK closer together rather than indulging in "political point-scoring" if he becomes PM. | And he has pledged to bring the whole of the UK closer together rather than indulging in "political point-scoring" if he becomes PM. |
In 2020, Mr Sunak denied claims published in the FT newspaper that he had once told a Conservative colleague that it would be in England's best financial interests to break away from the UK. | In 2020, Mr Sunak denied claims published in the FT newspaper that he had once told a Conservative colleague that it would be in England's best financial interests to break away from the UK. |
Round one - 88 votes | Round one - 88 votes |
Round two - 101 votes | Round two - 101 votes |
Round three - 115 votes | |
Round four - 118 votes | |
Penny Mordaunt | Penny Mordaunt |
The trade minister is an officer in the Royal Navy reserves and appeared on the reality TV show Splash in 2014. | The trade minister is an officer in the Royal Navy reserves and appeared on the reality TV show Splash in 2014. |
She was an early frontrunner in the race to join Mr Sunak in the runoff, with polls suggesting she was particularly popular with grassroots party members, but is now locked in a close battle with Liz Truss. | |
Scottish Conservatives seek ‘drama-free’ new PM | Scottish Conservatives seek ‘drama-free’ new PM |
Writing in the Daily Mail, she said she was firmly against indyref2 and predicted she could "break the yellow wall" by winning SNP seats for the Conservatives. | |
She said: "In this leadership contest, you will not only hear me talk of winning power across our United Kingdom. You will also hear me talk of winning power in Scotland, as difficult as it will be to achieve. | She said: "In this leadership contest, you will not only hear me talk of winning power across our United Kingdom. You will also hear me talk of winning power in Scotland, as difficult as it will be to achieve. |
"We must set our sights that high. We are the only party that has ever shown the strength to stand up to the SNP. | "We must set our sights that high. We are the only party that has ever shown the strength to stand up to the SNP. |
"It will be a long road to get there but we must aspire to unite the pro-UK majority and form the Scottish government. We must be a party that seeks power everywhere in our United Kingdom." | "It will be a long road to get there but we must aspire to unite the pro-UK majority and form the Scottish government. We must be a party that seeks power everywhere in our United Kingdom." |
Round one - 67 votes | Round one - 67 votes |
Round two - 83 votes | Round two - 83 votes |
Round three - 82 votes | |
Round four - 92 votes | |
Liz Truss | |
The foreign secretary has secured support from prominent right-wing Tory MPs including Jacob Rees-Mogg and Nadine Dorries. | |
Ms Truss lived in Paisley as a child, where she attended West Primary School and once played the role of Margaret Thatcher in a class hustings ahead of the 1983 general election. | |
She told the Scotsman that she got zero votes, adding: "I didn't even vote for myself. Even at that age we knew it was simply unpopular to be a Tory in the West of Scotland." | |
But she has said that the Conservatives "wouldn't have the ideas, the leaders or the legacy we have today" without Scots. | |
On independence, Ms Truss has said she would not support a fresh vote. | |
She has repeatedly said that the SNP had described the last referendum in 2014 as "once in a generation", adding: "I don't think we're through that generation yet." | |
Round one - 50 votes | |
Round two - 64 votes | |
Round three - 71 votes | |
Round four - 86 votes |