Sir Graham Brady says the former PM had enough nominations to stand in the race to replace Liz Truss.
Confusion over whether the vote on fracking was a confidence vote in her came amid crumbling support for her doomed premiership from Tory MPs.
"She asked the second question, 'do you think it's retrievable?' And I said 'no, I don't think it is'. And she replied that she didn't either."in July this year, when he was "still determined to go on". He tried to make a sensational comeback after Ms Truss resigned, attempting to muster the 100 nominations from Tory MPs required to make it through to an online ballot of party members.
His decision to pull out meant Mr Sunak became Tory leader automatically as the only MP to make it to the ballot stage.
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