Conservative leadership race: Tory rivals in fiery exchanges during second live TV debate – as one more hopeful set to be eliminated
Sky News says FORMER CHANCELLOR Rishi Sunak and Foreign Secretary Liz Truss engaged in bad-tempered exchanges as the five remaining Conservative leadership rivals faced off in the second televised debate before they will be whittled down to just four later today.
In a stand-out moment of the debate, all the candidates refused to put their hand up when asked if they would give Boris Johnson a job in their cabinet if they became prime minister.
Mr Sunak had earlier accused Ms Truss of peddling “something-for-nothing” economics after she said he was choking off growth by raising taxes to their highest level in 70 years.
In response to trade minister Penny Mordaunt saying she would not keep to his rule of only borrowing to invest, Mr Sunak said not even former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn advocated such fiscal loosening.