Tory leadership: Only two candidates will likely be in running, Graham Brady says

Sir Graham Brady, chairman of the Tory 1922 Committee, was vague about whether one or two candidates would be likely to run for the Conservative Party leadership. He told reporters: “The party rules say there will be two candidates unless there is only one candidate.”Asked what happens if one candidate drops out, Sir Graham said: “If there is only one candidate, there is only one candidate.”Pressed on whose idea it was to truncate the process into one week, he said: “I think it’s a matter on which there is a pretty broad consensus”.Sir Graham also said: “It certainly is not the circumstances I would wish to see.”Source: PA