Kemi Badenoch: “To fund our defence, Britain has to cut its welfare bill. That is why the Conservatives will restore the two-child…”

I’m not going to criticise a politician for taking a holiday. I’m not going to criticise Andy Burnham for that.

I want us to unite the country. It is not about uniting the right, it is about uniting our country.

I will put forward a serious candidate who understands that representing Clacton is a job, someone who turns up, listens, holds meetings and works for the people who live here.

I think this would be very much a manufactured Scottish identity. The name is not mine; it’s my husband’s.