Estate agent turned MP, Kevin Hollinrake, is expected to announce that he is running to be Tory leader this week.
Hollinrake, who started Hunters Estate Agents in 1992, co-founding the business with John Waterhouse, was made a minister in October 2022 under Rishi Sunak’s regime, but he has never served in the cabinet. Earlier this month, he was appointed shadow secretary of state for business and trade.
Hollinrake, who campaigned for justice for the victims of the Post Office scandal, is one of about seven or eight Tory MPs poised to enter the battle to replace Rishi Sunak as leader of the party – with the winner set to be crowned towards the end of the year.
There are just 121 Conservative MPs left after the recent general election defeat.
Others also expected to run for the Tory leadership are Kemi Badenoch, Tom Tugendhat, Priti Patel, Robert Jenrick, Victoria Atkins and Mel Stride.
I have known Kevin for many years and I can’t possibly think of anyone more suited to lead the Tories…
Go Kevin!
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Sadly the Conservative party are in a deep state of denial that the electorate have rejected what they’ve become.
Mr. Hollinrake is exactly what they need but the paid up members will be yearning for someone far less rounded and grounded than Kevin
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How fantastic (if to be honest, very surprising) it would be, for the currently almost totally disrespected and largely self seeking Conservative Party, and the country as a whole, if the Tories voted as their next leader, Kevin-a really solid, down to earth, guy-who has a working class background and has achieved his own substantial personal success by years of hard work in the real world.
Sadly-his northern heritage and lack of an Oxbridge degree in PPE will probably I fear count against him and they will again opt for some career politician who has little or no idea how the real world operates-but I live in hope for Kevin’s prospects.
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