MPs urge candidates to pull out of TV debates as Dorries ups the ante with mockery of former chancellor’s footwear
Though Sunak has agreed to an interview on Friday with Andrew Neil on Channel 4, Truss has so far ruled out doing the same, prompting accusations she was “frit”.
. “Meanwhile … Rishi visits Teeside [sic] in Prada shoes worth £450 and sported £3,500 bespoke suit as he prepared for crunch leadership vote.”In retaliation, a Sunak ally called the criticism “nonsense”, adding: “It’s a bit rich for a cabinet minister earning £140,000 to pretend they’re somehow just like everybody else.”
Some MPs feared the “bloodletting” would only intensify further when Sunak and Truss face off in TV debates with the BBC, TalkTV and Sky News. Truss’s team said she was unlikely to grant an interview to Neil. “There are many things they might say in the heat of the moment, which in private are fine but absolutely are not in front of an audience of millions,” said one. Another felt the TV debates had been a “huge mistake” and “done nothing other than to portray the Conservative party as at war with itself”.
The Cabinet Office minister Johnny Mercer called the contest embarrassing. He said that “on current trajectory”, the Conservative party would be out of power in two years’ time. “The puerile nature of this leadership contest is embarrassing,” he said. “Time to raise the standards.
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