>One Tory source said the former leader, who held the leafy North Yorkshire seat of Richmond before Mr Sunak, is very supportive of ‘Team Rishi’ and was helping the Chancellor plot a bid for the top job.
>They told the Mirror: “Hague is fully behind Rishi. He thinks he’ll make a great leader and has been a real mentor to him since he passed on his Yorkshire Tea subscription.”
>Another Tory also suggested leadership “manoeuvres” were afoot and that the pair were “probably planning for after the locals”. The town hall elections could prove to be a perilous moment for the PM as the Conservatives are currently on course to suffer heavy losses.
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>One Tory source said the former leader, who held the leafy North Yorkshire seat of Richmond before Mr Sunak, is very supportive of ‘Team Rishi’ and was helping the Chancellor plot a bid for the top job.
>They told the Mirror: “Hague is fully behind Rishi. He thinks he’ll make a great leader and has been a real mentor to him since he passed on his Yorkshire Tea subscription.”
>Another Tory also suggested leadership “manoeuvres” were afoot and that the pair were “probably planning for after the locals”. The town hall elections could prove to be a perilous moment for the PM as the Conservatives are currently on course to suffer heavy losses.