GB News Political Editor Christopher Hope has suggested that Tom Tugendhat is the "favourite" centre sitting candidate among the Tory hopefuls to lead the party.

Following a press conference today, Tugendhat called for a change in policing after protests erupted across the UK.

Christopher said: "On the wider picture of the Tory leadership campaign, there were six candidates, three on the right, three on the left and the view is for some people, that Tom Tugendhat is the favoured centre ground candidate, that he might beat James Cleverly and Mel Stride. That is what some experts say.

"I think it's quite wide open now in the centre, on the right of the party, of course, you've got Priti Patel and Robert Jenrick sort of battling it out there. So I think, for the centre ground Tom Tugendhat is seen by some to be the favourite."