Tory leadership debate

That was quite a debate.I've never seen senior Tory ministers and MPs lay into each other so publicly. Rishi Sunak accused Liz Truss and Penny Mordaunt of ...

Labour will record and repeat every single attack made by these candidates on each other and on the actions of their government. I am going to break the habit of a lifetime by saying I am not sure who Tory MPs will ultimately say that is. But tonight he looked deflated, and presumably he will be ejected in tomorrow’s heat.

SKY NEWS has been forced to cancel tomorrow night's debate between the Tory leadership hopefuls after two of the candidate pulled out.

The C4 debate in particular was a massive mistake and candidates were wrong to take part in it." A Team Truss source told the paper: "It is not the right time to be doing more debates when this part of the contest only has 358 voters. “Conservative MPs are said to be concerned about the damage the debates are doing to the image of the Conservative Party, exposing disagreements and splits within the party.

A statement from Sky News read: “Tuesday evening's live television debate on Sky News between the Conservative Party leadership candidates has been cancelled. Conservative MPs are said to be concerned about the damage the debates are doing to the image of ...

“Both are very welcome to take part in future Sky News televised debates.” Sky News has cancelled its scheduled Tory leadership debate after Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss declined to take part after televised hustings descended into public slanging matches. Sky News cancels Tory leadership debate as Sunak and Truss decline to attend

T. he final Tory leadership TV debate has been cancelled after the frontrunners, Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss, refused to take part. The five remaining candidates ...

Defence Secretary Ben Wallace replied: “I would be happy for him to share me his 800 figure. “There have been a number of times when she hasn’t been available, which would have been useful, and other ministers have picked up the pieces.” The Prime Minister’s official spokesman said: “As you would expect the Prime Minister will set out some of the achievements of the Government.” “So there have been a number of times when she [Mordaunt] hasn’t been available which would have been useful and other ministers have picked up the pieces, yes.” Boris Johnson will use the debate on a motion of confidence in his Government to defend his record in office. Downing Street said a “range of measures” were in place to cope with temperatures reaching up to 40C on Monday and Tuesday. At Defence Questions, shadow secretary of state John Healey congratulated ministers for remaining in post “whilst the rest of the Conservative Government have collapsed in chaos”. “When the House returns in the autumn I’d expect members to revert to wearing a jacket.” “Therefore, while the heat remains at this exceptional level and for the remainder of this week, I’m content for members not to wear jackets and ties in the chamber if they so choose,” he said. An insider in the Foreign Secretary’s campaign told the Standard “it was not necessary to take part at this stage”. They added that Ms Truss would be “happy” to be part of a debate if she made the final two. In an email announcing the debate’s cancellation, Sky News said: “Conservative MPs are said to be concerned about the damage the debates are doing to the image of the Conservative Party, exposing disagreements and splits within the party. MPs have been told they can ditch their jackets in the House of Commons chamber for the rest of the week due to soaring temperatures.

A source close to Truss told HuffPost UK: “It is not the right time to be doing more debates when this part of the contest only has 358 voters. The broadcasters ...

Only a Labour government can give Britain the fresh start it needs.” “We’ve done two in last three days, which I think is enough for this stage.” “My question is for Liz, actually,” he said. “This Conservative ‘leadership’ contest is so embarrassing they’ve cancelled the debate - so you can’t see them fighting like rats in a sack.” The broadcasters should stop squabbling amongst themselves. “With more than a dozen hustings already having taken place the voters in this part of the contest have more than had the opportunity to see the contestants.”

Two of the ​three candidates currently leading in the MPs ballots - Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss - have confirmed to Sky News that they do not want to take ...

The broadcasters should stop squabbling amongst themselves. In a statement, the team said: ‘It’s a shame some colleagues cannot find a way to debate one another in a civil way. ‘With more than a dozen hustings already having taken place the voters in this part of the contest have more than had the opportunity to see the contestants.’ Sky News had said the debate would present ‘a unique opportunity to re-engage a disillusioned electorate.’ ‘Conservative MPs are said to be concerned about the damage the debates are doing to the image of the Conservative Party, exposing disagreements and splits within the party. Two of the three hopefuls leading in the MPs ballots – Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss – confirmed to Sky News that they did not wish to take part.

The pair were said to be keen to focus instead on the final ballot of Tory MPs on Wednesday, but there are reported to be fears that the previous two debates ...

“So I think it’s very, very important that I went to that memorial. Start your Independent Premium subscription today. He described it as an “extraordinary” memorial that “forces you to think and think again about all the murdered Jews in Europe”, as well as the “shared determination that we have as leaders now to make sure that that should never ever be repeated”. There is a “major hole at the centre of government” over the resilience of the UK’s critical national infrastructure to climate change, a parliamentary committee has warned. Labour have accused Boris Johnson of “clocking off”, after it was confirmed he will miss a meeting of the government’s emergency Cobra committee today to discuss the current heatwave. He is reported by The Times to have turned to her after the ITV-hosted debate ended, to ask: “Why are we doing this?”

Sky News has cancelled the third scheduled TV debate in the Conservative leadership race after Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss pulled out of the event following a ...

The Daily Mail, a strong supporter of Truss, has targeted Mordaunt in particular. The cancellation follows sometimes brutal exchanges in TV debates on Friday and Sunday over taxation plans, and about social issues such as transgender rights. “Two of the three candidates currently leading in the MPs’ ballots – Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss – have confirmed to Sky News that they do not want to take part,” the broadcaster announced in a statement.