In full: Tom Tugendhat launches Tory leadership bid

Tom Tugendhat said voters had stopped taking the Tories “seriously” and if he becomes leader he would make the Conservative Party a “serious force again”. Launching his campaign to be Rishi Sunak’s successor, Mr Tugendhat said it was “time for a new Conservative revolution”. He said: “They [voters] will never vote for a party that they have stopped taking seriously. That is why I am standing. I will make the Conservative Party a serious force again.” Read more: #tugendhat #conservatives #leadership