{"id":104191,"date":"2024-07-29T17:14:08","date_gmt":"2024-07-29T17:14:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/29\/tories-introduce-yellow-cards-to-keep-leadership-race-clean\/"},"modified":"2024-07-29T17:14:08","modified_gmt":"2024-07-29T17:14:08","slug":"tories-introduce-yellow-cards-to-keep-leadership-race-clean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/29\/tories-introduce-yellow-cards-to-keep-leadership-race-clean\/","title":{"rendered":"Tories introduce yellow cards to keep leadership race ‘clean’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Conservative party has introduced a “yellow card” penalty system in an effort to prevent leadership candidates from attacking one another in the media.<\/p>\n

Six candidates have cleared all the hurdles to enter the three-month race to replace Rishi Sunak, including securing 10 MPs’ endorsements and raising \u00a3200,000 for the party.<\/p>\n

Bob Blackman, who as chair of the Conservative 1922 committee will oversee the race, said he will give a yellow card and a public dressing down to any candidate who attacks a rival.<\/p>\n

“Constant backbiting and attacking colleagues” by Tory MPs during the last parliament was a key reason “why the party did so badly in the general election”, Mr Blackman said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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In a press conference, Mr Blackman said “if candidates indulge” in personal attacks “I will get involved obviously to warn them and if necessary, issue a public statement”.<\/p>\n

“If a yellow card is issued and a statement made to the public and to the members, that a candidate has infringed on the rules, that will be extremely detrimental to their chances of getting elected,” he said.<\/p>\n

He added he hoped he would not “have to do it” and the threat of a card “would be enough”.<\/p>\n

A new sanction regime will also extend to MPs and Tory party members, Mr Blackman said.<\/p>\n

The party’s chief whip will reprimand MPs engaging in personal attacks during the race and the party chairman will step in where ex-MPs are involved.<\/p>\n

The six candidates taking part in the race are Kemi Badenoch, James Cleverly, Robert Jenrick, Dame Priti Patel, Mel Stride and Tom Tugendhat.<\/p>\n

Ex-home secretary Suella Braverman, who was initially seen by many as a front runner in the race, did not enter the race after many of her key allies joined Mr Jenrick’s campaign. <\/p>\n

Writing in the Telegraph<\/a>, she said there was “no point” in her running for leader, despite securing the neccessary nominations, “when most of the [party’s] MPs disagree” with her.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Mr Sunak will remain Conservative leader until his successor is announced.<\/p>\n

The six candidates now have the summer parliamentary recess to make their cases to fellow MPs and Conservative party members. <\/p>\n

MPs will then begin voting to narrow down the field with a series of votes from 4 September, until four are left. <\/p>\n

The final four will be given a chance to speak directly to Conservative members at the party’s conference between 29 September and 2 October.<\/p>\n

Two more rounds of voting will be held by MPs the following week until there are two contenders left, with party members then choosing the winner.<\/p>\n

The online vote will end on 31 October, with the result announced two days later on 2 November.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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