Former chancellor Rishi Sunak was attacked by three other contenders on tax and spending
into Liz Truss and Penny Mordaunt for “fantasy economics of unfunded promises”. At one point he seemed to argue Mordaunt was more leftwing on public borrowing than Jeremy Corbyn, which might come as news to the former Labour leader.Again, that is an exaggeration, but only just. Perhaps the most dramatic single moment of the hour came when host Julie Etchingham asked the five to raise a hand if they were willing to have Boris Johnson in their cabinet. Not a hand went up.
This is, admittedly, not a prime period for being a Johnsonist, but Sunak, and especially Truss, have previously sung the caretaker PM’s praises. As one observer put itThe fact that the candidates have first to parade their wares to Tory MPs before getting to show some policy ankle for party members does skew things, but it was notable how general and vague many of the answers were to the first question, about how to tackle the cost of living and energy crisis.
– part of a wider pattern of extreme weather events that scientists do not doubt is caused by human activity – it was glaring that only one candidate, Sunak, unequivocally backed the net zero by 2050 target for emissions.and Tom Tugendhat – were less supportive, especially the former, while both Truss and Mordaunt talked about the target in terms of making sure it did not harm the economy.
Badenoch stood by her assertion that Mordaunt is either a liar or a fool in their slightly niche disagreement over self-identification for gender, but looked unsettled. As Truss sought to , Etchingham helpfully reminded the foreign secretary that her allies are regular sources for hostile briefings about the others. The reputation of rats in sacks rose by comparison.
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