The Guardian view on Liz Truss’s new backers: don’t delude yourselves
Editorial: More moderate Tories are endorsing the frontrunner in the leadership race in order to be on the winning side. They will not have much influence
'The hope candidate': Penny Mordaunt backs Liz Truss for the Conservative leadership – video
Penny Mordaunt has backed Liz Truss to become prime minister, saying the Conservatives 'may lose an election' if they made the wrong decision in the contest
Dover, debates and (rail) disruption – Politics Weekly UK
Another week of blue-on-blue infighting, as Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak take chunks out of each other in a series of TV debates. Rafael Behr sits in for John Harris, and is joined by the Observer’s Sonia Sodha and Will Tanner from the thinktank Onward to assess the fallout
On the frontline: why has environmental journalism become so dangerous?
Juliette Garside and Jonathan Watts discuss why environmental journalists are facing rising levels of violence. And: Polly Toynbee on the final two Tory leadership candidates – podcast
Farewell Maybot: John Crace on the changing of the Tory guard
The Guardian’s political sketch writer first coined the term ‘the Maybot’ in 2016, when she robotically repeated the same phrases in a car-crash interview. As she prepares to step down as Conservative leader, Crace discusses who might take over. Plus: Suzanne Wrack on the start of the Fifa Women’s World Cup
