Other Christian MPs have also pledged their allegiance, with Andrea Leadsom now backing Boris Johnson and Stephen Crabb supporting Sajid Javid.
The Christian Conservative MP for Meriden, Caroline Spelman, who is also the Second Church Estates Commissioner (the MP who liases between the Church and parliament) has told Premier who she is now backing after the Health Secretary Matt Hancock – who she was supporting – pulled out of the race.
Spelman told Premier: “I waited for the TV debate and I have decided after that, and listening to the hustings that I’ve been to, that I will lend my support to Rory Stewart because I think Rory, like Matt, takes a strong position on the question of whether or not we should actually leave the European Union without a deal and that’s very important to me. Having large numbers of people employed in the car industry, we really can’t afford to leave without a deal.”
Spelman spoke recently about the impact of the Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) plant in Solihull moving the production of their Discovery car to Slovakia, and said she was talking to JLR bosses to limit the risk to local jobs.
When asked why she didn’t follow Matt Hancock’s lead to support Boris Johnson, she said: “Boris has said that he’s quite happy to leave without a deal. So, that’s the problem for me.
“I’ve got Jaguar Land Rover, the biggest employer in my constituency, and…
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