Theresa May announced last week that she will be standing down as leader of the Conservative Party on June 7, triggering a leadership contest - and a fight to become the next prime minister.
The contest for the top job has begun with at least 11 Tory MPs saying they will stand, reports Perspecs.
Rory Stewart is one of those names. Some argue that the international development secretary is a "grown-up" that is needed for Brexit.
However, others say he will never reach Number 10.
The Claim
The i's Ian Birrell argues that Stewart deserves a shot in the Tory leadership contest "for his openness and integrity".
He says that the international development secretary " seems to be a grown-up who has wandered into the noisy kindergarten of Brexit politics".
Birrell notes that Stewart is "a man of great achievement" - he has been in the Army, worked for the Foreign Office, taught at Harvard University, written books, governed parts of Iraq, and ran a charity.
He argues: "Stewart is bold, smart and an original thinker - and he does not need to make classical quips to remind us of his brains.
"I have found this views on issues such as aid, foreign policy and prison reform unusually well-formed for a politician, even when I disagree, since they reach deep beneath the surface and tribal sloganising."
Birrell adds that there is "something refreshing about Stewart's directness and openness" compared with the other candidates.
The Counterclaim
However, The Article's Benedict Spence says that Stewart will never be prime minister.
He argues that he will never get the top job because "if there's one thing Brits don't like in their politicians, it's ambition".
Spence believes that Stewart "torpedoed his chances of becoming prime minister nice and early" when he told the Spectator he thought he would be good at the job in April.
He adds: "Stewart is also one of the biggest advocates for the current PM's withdrawal agreement, which is the only thing currently more disliked than the PM.
"So as if announcing to the world that you wanted the job wasn't enough, Stewart has double-tapped his chances by aligning himself with a loathed leader and the only thing the human mind could possibly have conceived to make both sides of the Brexit divide more angry than they already were."
Spence also says that as an old Etonian who has taught royalty, Stewart does not "radiate 'man of the people' waves", especially with a general election likely coming sooner than later.
The Facts
Former foreign secretary Boris Johnson is the favourite in the race, with Paddy Power giving him odds of 9/4 (at the time of writing).
He is followed by environment secretary Michael Gove (7/2), former Brexit secretary Dominic Raab (5/1), former Commons leader Andrea Leadsom (8/1), and Rory Stewart (13/1).
Jeremy Hunt, Sajid Javid, Matt Hancock, James Cleverly, Esther McVey, and Kit Malthouse have also thrown their hats in the ring.
And there could be more candidates before the deadline for nominations passes, which is the week starting June 10.
Candidates need to be nominated by two or more of their Conservative colleagues in Westminster. They are then whittled down to two through a series of votes by Tory MPs.
The top-two candidates will be put forward to the Conservative Party membership - with 160,000 members eligible to vote.
Whoever wins the most votes becomes the leader of the party - and the next prime minister.
