![]() ![]() **A message from Lockheed Martin: We’re invested in realizing the UK’s ambitions in space. … and the result will be announced by Graham Brady, the chairman of the 1922 committee of Tory backbenchers, at 4 p.m. Your timetable for Wednesday: At noon today Boris Johnson will stand up in the Commons for his last session of Prime Minister’s Questions … Tory MPs will vote on his successor between 1 p.m. The votes he picks up from Kemi Badenoch, who was knocked out of the running yesterday, should get him over the line. ![]() His 118 votes from MPs on Tuesday - up by three on Monday - put him within touching distance of the magic 120 that constitutes more than one-third of the parliamentary party. Once again: Barring some truly extraordinary turn of events, Sunak is certain to make it to the members’ ballot. Prepare for Act 2: In the last chapter of this nail-biting rollercoaster of a parliamentary contest, Conservative MPs - who, as the saying goes, are the most sophisticated and duplicitous electorate in the world, and boy have they had the chance to prove it - will eliminate one of Rishi Sunak, Liz Truss or Penny Mordaunt from the running and hand over the final decision to the Tory grassroots. MOMENT OF TRUTH: In a few hours’ time Tory MPs will cast their final ballots to determine which two candidates they are going to put forward to party members waiting to choose the U.K.’s next prime minister. ![]() Esther Webber will take you through the rest of this week. Send tips here | Subscribe for free | Listen to Playbook and view in your browser ![]()
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