Tory leadership candidates have turned on “dictator” Dominic Raab after he refused to rule out suspending Parliament to push through Brexit by the end of October.

Rory Stewart has compared his Conservative leadership rivals’ promises to negotiate a new Brexit deal to trying to cram too much rubbish into a bin.

Boris Johnson was represented by an empty lectern during Channel 4′s Tory leadership contest on Sunday evening, after the frontrunner to succeed Theresa May refused to take part.