Tory leadership contest: Rory Stewart knocked out

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Source: BBC

The international development secretary was eliminated after coming last with 27 votes, 10 fewer than last time.

He said his warnings about a no-deal Brexit "probably proved to be truths people weren't quite ready to hear".

Boris Johnson topped the vote again with 143 votes, 17 more than last time. Jeremy Hunt came second with 54, Michael Gove got 51 and Sajid Javid 38.

A fourth round of voting will take place on Thursday.

Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-48696619

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Damn. Not only does this move Johnson closer to winning, Stewart was the only Tory I even kind of actively liked. Fascinating guy. His book about walking across Afghanistan was great.

Also, I loved when all the Tory contenders were coming clean about past drug use: pot in college, coke in their 20s, etc. Stewart went with "I smoked opium at a wedding in rural Iran once." Because of course he did.

[Polybius]

1. Now it's down to two.

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Someone else was eliminated today.