The conservative leadership contest dominated the news this week with just five Tory candidates left in the running to replace Boris Johnson as party leader.
Alarming UN population forecasts and the prospect of Britain heading for a national heat wave emergency were also hotly debated topics this week.
Below, we present some of the most eagerly discussed talking points from Telegraph readers in the comments section and letters pages. You can join the discussion below.
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Conservative Leadership Contest
With the race to succeed Boris Johnson as leader of the Tory party in full swing, and with only now five more candidates After Jeremy Hunt, Nadhim Zahawi and Suella Braverman crashed, our readers weighed in on who they think is the ideal candidate and what they want to see from them. Many readers want to see Kemi Badenoch in No. 10 and wants the next prime minister to be a Brexiteer who supports low taxes, controls immigration and scraps net zero.
@Richard Dixon, Somerton, Somerset:
“SIR – How predictable. A deluge of policy announcements from the field of leadership candidates, each trying to push a certain button: tax-armed, pro-Brexit, anti-woke.
“I would be much more impressed with a personal manifesto, based on a considered analysis of the challenges this country faces, and what we can and cannot do about them. But since Margaret Thatcher spent the years between 1975 and 1979, doing this, I have no hope.”
@Christine Boon:
“Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss are too known as Boris Johnson’s cabinet members. We need a complete change. Rishi Sunak will make Labor cry that he has no contact with the average person, Liz Truss seems to have moved from Remain to Leave for political purposes and Penny Mordaunt is too awake. However, Kemi Badenoch is a breath of fresh air. Suella Braverman also seems to be a good candidate.”
@Quinton ball ends:
“At this point in the game, my focus is on who I don’t want to see as prime minister. Look at how they voted in the referendum, with just leavers and those who are very much for free speech. Unfortunately, they can’t dump the green agenda, but now it’s about finding someone who will seriously cut it down with some good old-fashioned low-tax, high-growth. If only Jacob Rees-Mogg had decided to run.”
- Telegraph readers call for frontrunners in Tory leadership, here