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By Lizzy Buchan Kemi Badenoch has insisted she doesn’t want to topple Rishi Sunak and told Tory plotters to “stop messing around”. The Business and Trade Secretary is being talked up in Westminster as a possible successor to the flailing Prime Minister, as disgruntled Tories discussed ousting Mr Sunak and installing her as leader. It comes after a week of bitter Tory rows, which exploded into public view when ex-Cabinet Minister Sir Simon Clarke urged Tories to ditch Mr Sunak or risk being “massacred” at the election. He received public criticism from Conservative MPs for his intervention but …

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