The Tory leadership race descended into an on-air slanging match on Sunday night with five candidates exchanging a series of barbed personal attacks on each other
and their own party’s record in government.
All the candidates delivered a resounding no to the idea of a general election if they won the leadership contest in the Autumn. Rishi hit back, accusing Truss of “socialist” policies with her sky-high borrowing plans and put in a sliding tackle against Mordaunt for her suggestion of borrowing to cover day to day finances.
Scottish politics Truss, who voted remain in 2016, was left rigid when ITV host Julia Etchingham asked candidates to raise their hands if they voted for Brexit.Badenoch said “talking is easy” as she accused Tom Tugendhat of not being on the front line of government. But he replied he had served on the actual front line in combat zones from Iraq to Afghanistan.
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