The winner of the Conservative leadership contest will be announced on Saturday, after months of speeches, debates and gaffes.

Here are some of the key quotes from the leadership campaign.

– “Let’s be more normal.” – James Cleverly, Conservative Party Conference, October 2

Speaking at the Conservative conference in Birmingham, the former home secretary urged his colleagues to restore normality to Conservative politics, becoming more “enthusiastic, relatable, positive and optimistic”.

After rising to first place after the conference, Cleverly suffered a shock defeat in the final round of MP voting and failed to make the final two.

– “We are taking from one group of people and giving to another. This, in my opinion, is excessive.” – Kemi Badenoch on maternity pay, Times Radio interview, September 30

Badenoch sparked a backlash when he appeared to criticize statutory maternity pay in an interview at the Conservative Party conference.

She later backtracked, insisting she “believed in maternity pay” but thought business regulation was too onerous, while sources close to her accused rival leading candidates of seeking to “take political hits” and not taking “ seriously the return to the government.” .”

– “Our special forces are killing, instead of capturing, terrorists because our lawyers tell us that if they are caught, the European Court will set them free.” – Robert Jenrick campaign video, September 30

Jenrick suffered his own backlash during the Conservative conference for this claim about British soldiers, part of the opposition to the European Convention on Human Rights that formed the heart of his campaign.

War veteran and rival leadership candidate Tom Tugendhat said Jenrick was “wrong” and demonstrated “a fundamental misunderstanding of military operations and the law of armed conflict”, while Cleverly said British soldiers “do not murder to the people.”

– “I once invaded a country and a few years ago, in 2003, I was part of the invading army in Iraq.” – Tom Tugendhat, asked by The Spectator in September about the “naughtiest” thing he had ever done.

For Theresa May, it was running through wheat fields. For Robert Jenrick, it was trying to climb the Wolverhampton Christmas tree after a few drinks. But for Mr. Tugendhat, the baddest thing he had ever done was invade another country.

The former soldier, who served in both Iraq and Afghanistan, received some criticism for “making light” of the conflict during an interview with The Spectator.

– “Being leader of the opposition is a very demanding job and, as much as I like Kemi, I think she is worried about her own children, which is quite understandable.” – Sir Christopher Chope, ITV Meridian, 17 October.

Jenrick distanced herself from one of her supporters, Sir Christopher Chope, after the veteran MP appeared to suggest Badenoch’s three young children meant she could not devote enough attention to being opposition leader.

The comment carried echoes of a previous leadership race, in which Andrea Leadsom was forced to apologize in 2016 after appearing to suggest that being a mother made her a better candidate for prime minister than Theresa May.

– “I think it is disrespectful to the members and the public to ask them for their votes without saying what their position is on the big issues facing our country today.” – Robert Jenrick on Kemi Badenoch, BBC Westminster Hour, October 20

Leadership candidates largely avoided directly criticizing their opponents, and attacks were strongly discouraged by Conservative campaign headquarters.

But as the race neared its end, Jenrick became more vocal in his criticism of Badenoch, accusing her of not saying where she stood on important issues and saying he was offering “a plan today” rather than “a plan today.” plan at some point in the future.” the future.”