Chris Grayling urges Tories to elect senior Eurosceptic to lead the party through Brexit

THE TORY party must appoint a senior Tory Eurosceptic to lead it through Brexit, Transport Secretary Chris Grayling said last night.

And he added a full-scale leadership contest should be delayed until 2022.

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Mr Grayling said it was “more likely than not the next leader will be someone who campaigned for Brexit”.

He told the Daily Telegraph: “We are planning two things rather than one.

"Planning somebody who has got the experience and resilience to get us through the immediate future.

“Then we have got a really good generation of younger politicians in their 40s who can make a real impact, who are going to be the future leadership of the party in the future.”

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