The first thing to say about Rishi Sunak's leadership campaign launch is just how noisy it was. This is a big campaign, with lots of prominent supporters and the launch contrasted fairly markedly with the scale of the other leadership events we have seen so far.

There was lots of consternation after Rishi Sunak's launch event about why he didn’t allow for more questions by the press, writes Camilla Tominey, The Telegraph's Associate Editor.

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