The five Tory leadership hopefuls have been grilled on trust in politics as they faced their first public TV debate of the contest
Mr Tugendhat acknowledged that "trust in politics has been collapsing, trust in our party has been collapsing".
"I've been holding a mirror to many of our actions and asking those in our party, those in our leadership positions, to ask themselves 'is that what the public really expects?'" He said. "Are you serving the people of the United Kingdom or are you serving your career? Because that's the real question tonight. That's the real question for all of us."The five Tory leadership candidates were then asked to give a yes/no answer on whether Boris Johnson was honest.Ms Mordaunt, Mr Sunak and Ms Truss dodged the question but refused to say he was honest - but Mr Tugendhat said "no", to applause from the audience.
Ms Mordaunt said: "There have been some really severe issues and I think he has paid a price for that."
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