Today’s political headlines includes Johnson supporters trying to knock out Gove, Stewart knocked out, Javid wants to be Johnson’s Chancellor and BBC debate questioners suspended.\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n
Johnson supporters to try to knock out Gove Stewart knocked out of leadership contest Javid wants to be Johnson\u2019s Chancellor, rivals claim Two BBC debate questioners suspended Johnson tells rivals they don\u2019t disagree on \u2018much\u2019 Corbyn rejects calls to move to pro-remain stance Hammond to accuse candidates of not being realistic Living standards improvements have stalled, thinktank says
\n<\/strong>The Daily Telegraph<\/em>\u00a0claims<\/a>\u00a0that Boris Johnson\u2019s supporters will try to knock Michael Gove out of the leadership race today, with one claiming that they wanted him to be \u2018humiliated\u2019. They intend to lend Sajid Javid enough votes in this morning\u2019s round to eliminate Gove and are pressuring former supporters of Rory Stewart to back Javid or Jeremy Hunt. Johnson\u2019s supporters believe that Hunt will be the easiest to beat in a head-to-head contest.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>The Guardian<\/em>\u00a0reports<\/a>\u00a0that Rory Stewart was eliminated from the Conservative leadership contest last night, having lost ten votes since the previous round. This prompted speculation that he might have previously been lent votes by Boris Johnson in order to ensure that Dominic Raab was eliminated. Stewart said that \u2018all sorts of things might be happening in strange secret ballots\u2019.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>The Times<\/em>\u00a0claims<\/a>\u00a0that according to his rivals Sajid Javid wants to be Boris Johnson\u2019s Chancellor. According to Javid\u2019s allies, Johnson spend yesterday trying to persuade him to pull out and endorse Johnson instead, but there weren\u2019t any face-to-face talks. He has said that he is the \u2018change candidate\u2019 and will not be \u2018pulling out\u2019.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>The\u00a0Daily Mail<\/em>\u00a0says<\/a>\u00a0two of the questioners from the BBC\u2019s Conservative leadership debate have been suspended from their jobs over offensive social media posts which the corporation\u2019s vetting didn\u2019t find. Abdullah Patel, the deputy head of a primary school, was suspended over tweets blaming women for rape and containing antisemitism, while Aman Thakar, who used to work for Labour, has been suspended from the law firm he works for after he tweeted that Hitler’s most harmful legacy was his ‘abuse of nationalism’. Iain Duncan Smith said there was \u2018clear bias\u2019 against the Tories and called for Ofcom to investigate.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>According<\/a>\u00a0to\u00a0The Sun<\/em>, Boris Johnson\u2019s stance on Brexit is being questioned after he was overheard telling his opponents that \u2018we don\u2019t disagree on that much\u2019 following the leadership debate on Tuesday, adding that they \u2018hardly\u2019 disagreed on dates. The candidates\u2019 microphones were still attached as the exchange happened while they left the studio.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>The Guardian<\/em>\u00a0claims<\/a>\u00a0that Corbyn used yesterday\u2019s shadow cabinet meeting to indicate that he was not happy to move to a more pro-remain stance despite pressure, including from John McDonnell, telling attendees that he had been getting inspiration from Harold Wilson\u2019s autobiography. Wilson allowed ministers to campaign on both sides of the referendum.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>The\u00a0Financial Times<\/em>\u00a0says<\/a>\u00a0Chancellor Philip Hammond will use a speech at Mansion House to say he is trying to prevent a no-deal Brexit and none of the leadership contenders is being realistic. He will add that \u2018if the new Prime Minister cannot end the deadlock in parliament, then he will have to explore other democratic mechanisms to break the impasse\u2019.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>The Sun<\/em>\u00a0carries details<\/a>\u00a0of a new report by the Resolution Foundation which finds that 18-29 year olds are spending \u00a323 a week less on recreation compared to 20 years ago as basics rise in cost, but pensioners are spending \u00a347 more due to them working longer and the \u2018triple lock\u2019. David Willetts of the thinktank said that \u2018big living standards gains that each generation used to enjoy over their predecessors have stalled\u2019.<\/p>\n