Nostalgia for Boris Johnson as Tories lose enthusiasm for Liz Truss

This week's hustings show many members are unenthusiastic about Sunak or Truss - and might even prefer the current PM

As Conservative party members filed into the latest leadership hustings at a baking hot Cheltenham racecourse, very few among this important electorate seemed enthused by the two-way race.

Neither of the runners - foreign secretary Liz Truss nor ex-chancellor Rishi Sunak - excited much Tory passion, nor seemed the subject of heavy betting. Some of those who attended, and who will decide the identity of the new prime minister, suggested they had come along out of duty, to choose the least worst option on offer.