Assist for the overseas secretary comes regardless of reservations about Truss campaigning towards Brexit, although she has latterly been an fanatic for leaving the European Union.
In an announcement, Braverman stated: “I’m actually grateful to everybody who supported me within the management election. We have to come collectively as a celebration and ship on the manifesto.
“Liz is one of the best particular person to unleash the alternatives of Brexit, and ship much-needed tax cuts.
“I’m assured she’s going to defend free speech, champion equality of alternative and take a sturdy line on unlawful immigration.
“It’s what the British folks count on.”
The transfer suggests the precise of the social gathering is seeking to rally spherical a single candidate. Although not all Braverman’s supporters will routinely swing behind Truss, influential Tory Steve Baker’s vote comes along with her.
“Suella has my full loyalty,” Baker stated. “What she has determined, I’ll assist.”
It additionally represents a blow to Kemi Badenoch, who’s seen as the opposite right-wing hope to maintain Sunak or Mordaunt – who each truly voted for Brexit – out of No 10. Allies of Boris Johnson have additionally backed Truss.
After her elimination, Braverman selected to repeatedly criticise Mordaunt, notably over trans rights: “I feel she stated a trans lady is a lady, I disagree with that.”
Braverman was highlighting the ministerial and different maternity allowances act, the place she claims Mordaunt, a minister overseeing the laws, “did resist the inclusion of the phrase lady and the phrase mom and did solely concede after unsustainable strain from the Home of Lords”.
Mordaunt, a commerce minister, has up to now denied this, saying the unique gender-neutral wording had been drafted by another person and that she modified it to “use feminine phrases”.
Sunak maintained his lead after the second poll of Tory MPs, ending high with 101 votes – 13 greater than in yesterday’s first spherical.
Mordaunt completed second with 83 votes, up 16 from Wednesday, whereas Truss got here third with 64, 14 greater than the earlier spherical.
Badenoch was in fourth with the assist of 49 MPs, up from 40 within the final spherical, whereas Tom Tugendhat received the backing of 32, down from 37.
The remaining 5 candidates will now enter the third spherical of voting, which can happen on Monday.
