Conservative candidates say no to the return of Boris Johnson’s cabinet
Conservative rivals clashed over fiscal policies in the second live debate on ITV this evening on his candidacy for the new prime minister.
Rishi Sunak scolded Liz Truss’s “something for nothing” economy as she explained how she plans to deal with the cost-of-living crisis during ITV’s latest leadership debate.
The secretary of state said, “Rishi, you have raised taxes to the highest level in 70 years. This will not drive economic growth.”
He adds: “The fact is that raising taxes right now will stifle economic growth.
Mr. Sunak replied, “I would love to be here and say, ‘I’m going to lower this tax, reduce it and everything will be fine.’ But you know what? It won’t be… it is socialism. “
The five candidates were asked to replace Boris Johnson if they would let him sit at his cabinet table during the ITV leadership debate, and none of them raised their hand.
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Conservative leadership candidates asked if they “sat with Putin”
Conservative leadership candidates asked if they “sat with Putin”
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Kemi Badenoch says he is “not ashamed of anything” he has done in government
Kemi Badenoch said she was “not ashamed of anything we did” while she was a minister in Boris Johnson’s government.
“We have a lot to be proud of. We did Brexit, and what the Prime Minister did in Ukraine and in the vaccines was fantastic, ”he said.
“Serving the government is not easy. It requires making difficult decisions. Tom [Tugendhat] he never did. It’s very easy for him to criticize what we’ve been doing, but we’ve been at the forefront of making the case. “
Tom Tugendhat disagreed, saying he had been on the front lines in Afghanistan, Iraq and “on the plot against Putin and China.”
She replied, “You haven’t made any decisions, talking is easy.”
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Truss asks Sunak about the fact that the UK does business with China
Foreign Secretary Liz Truss challenged Rishi Sunak on whether she still believed the UK should do more business with China.
Sunak told the ITV debate: “Actually, I support the vision of the integrated review, the plan that both you and I sat at the cabinet table and helped draft, which made it clear that China it was a huge threat to our national security and that is the lens with which we should see it. “
He said leadership rival Tom Tugendhat “deserves credit” for highlighting the problem.
Sunak said the government was taking the “powers and protections” needed to safeguard the country from “hostile investment.”
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Rep. Bridget Phillipson criticizes Liz Truss
MP Bridget Phillopson has criticized Liz Truss’ personal history of the low levels of education that motivated her to be a Tory.
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Sunak accuses Truss of “socialist” plan as the couple repeatedly confronts each other during angry TV debate
Rishi Sunak accused Liz Truss of offering the British public a “socialist” fantasy plan during a heated television debate in which the rival of the Conservative leadership repeatedly clashed with the economy, Brexit and their respective education.
The foreign minister, under pressure to increase his game after a poor performance in Friday’s debate, launched a series of attacks against the former chancellor during the ITV confrontation, alleging that he had no no growth plan and that was responsible for putting the UK on the path to recession. .
“Rishi, you have raised taxes to the highest levels in 70 years. This will not drive economic growth,” he said. Mrs Truss added: “Yes [Sunak] it has a growth plan, why haven’t we seen it in the last two years? “
Political writer Adam Forrest reports:
Sunak accuses Truss of “socialist” plan during angry TV debate
Truss accuses former chancellor of leading the UK into recession in a furious television dispute
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Tugendhat challenged Mordaunt to give “details of the plans” he is designing
Tom Tugendhat challenged Penny Mordaunt to give “details of the plans she is laying out”, warning that Labor leader Sir Keir Starmer “will not be waiting for the general election and now we will not be able to give him that space”. .
Ms Mordaunt said in the ITV debate: “I think we need a couple of things to win the next general election: one of them is me as prime minister because polls show I’m the only one who can beat Keir. “Starmer and bring the fight to work.”
The second thing needed was “a vision, a narrative,” and Ms. Mordaunt added, “I can do it, I’m the most prepared candidate in this career.”
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“It’s socialism”: Sunak attacks Truss’s “something for nothing” economic plans
Rishi Sunak scolded Liz Truss’s “something for nothing” economy as she explained how she plans to deal with the cost-of-living crisis during ITV’s latest leadership debate.
The secretary of state said, “Rishi, you have raised taxes to the highest level in 70 years. This will not drive economic growth.”
He adds: “The fact is that raising taxes right now will stifle economic growth.”
Sunak said the pandemic has damaged the economy, adding, “There is a cost to these things and the cost of higher inflation, higher mortgage rates and eroded savings.
“This economy of something for nothing is conservative. It’s socialism.”
“It’s socialism”: Sunak attacks Truss’s “something for nothing” economic plans
Rishi Sunak rebuked Liz Truss’s “something for nothing” economy as she explained how she plans to deal with the cost-of-living crisis during ITV’s latest leadership debate. The Secretary of State said, “Rishi, you have raised taxes to the maximum. Level in 70 years. This will not drive economic growth.” Add: “The fact is that raising taxes right now will stifle economic growth.” Sunak said the pandemic damaged the economy, adding, “There is a cost to these things and the cost. of higher inflation, higher mortgage rates, eroded savings.” This economy of “It’s not conservative at all. It’s socialism.” Click here to subscribe to our newsletters.
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Truss says the best days in the UK are ahead “
Truss closes with his statement: “The next election will be about the economy. We only have two years to prove to the British what we can offer.
“I can touch the ground running at number 10.
“I have shown what I can do with Brexit, trade and Ukraine
“I have shown that I have the confidence to do it. The best day in Britain is ahead.
“As conservatives we must stop apologizing for who we are.
“I will lead a government of all talents that unleashes the full potential of our great country.”
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Mordaunt’s final statement
In his final statement, Mordaunt said, “I wish tonight had been a little less about us and a little more about you.
“I know you have serious concerns and these are uncertain times. Our policy model is broken, our political leadership model is broken.”
He concluded that the answer to political instability is his leadership.
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Candidates do not want imminent general elections
When asked if they support an imminent general election, the five candidates said a resounding no.
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