Glum Sunak supporters hold out for gamechanging gaffe from Truss

With Tory members seeming to tolerate a series of missteps, the frontrunner is on course for No 10 - barring a spectacular foul-up'

Rishi Sunak's supporters are understandably glum, but one thing alone means they have not totally given up hope of defeating Liz Truss. We're crossing our fingers for a gamechanging gaffe," says one Conservative MP who has ended up supporting Sunak after initially backing another candidate.

John Curtice, the polling expert from Strathclyde University, this week put Sunak's chances of victory at just 5%, saying Truss was almost sure to win unless she fouls up in some spectacular fashion" in the final stages of the Tory leadership contest.