Liz Truss continues to emphasise her loyalty to the outgoing prime minister, while Rishi Sunak stands accused of stabbing him in the back
It wasn't quite as big a crowd as you get on a Saturday afternoon, but it was a big one nonetheless.
The welfare of greyhounds, the future of inheritance tax, the welfare state, the future of the UK union, the questions flowed. This matters, because it wounds Rishi Sunak - and Team Truss is trying to harvest that Johnson loyalism and translate it into support for her. One audience member accused Mr Sunak of "stabbing" the Prime Minister "in the back" and questioning which "planet he was on".
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