Ex-chancellor vows to stop leftwing agitators ‘bulldozing’ British values as Tugendhat backs Truss
But with surveys of members suggesting Truss has a commanding lead – 62% to 38% according to a YouGov poll last week – some of his supporters are now urging him to be more forthright.
Speaking about Truss’s poll lead, they added: “If he doesn’t get it to something more like neutrality in the next few days, it will start to set in concrete.” Asked if she was confident of winning the contest, the result of which will be announced on 5 September, she said: “I’m not at all complacent. I’m fighting for every vote across the country.”Both candidates are crisscrossing the UK, meeting hundreds of Conservative members every day, with another 11 hustings to come as well as scores of smaller-scale events in town halls, pubs and back gardens.
“She’s loving it,” said a source on her team, who conceded she had not enjoyed the ill-tempered television debates but relished meeting members.
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