'Sunak’s supporters went for Penny and now they will go for Liz. They will tear her apart. But Rishi’s team are a bunch of shits, they just weren’t as shitty as Liz’s.'
watched the result on the TV in his outer office in No10 to little fanfare. But a Tory insider said the Prime Minister will be “loving this” because it fits his narrative that it was a mistake for MPs to ditch their prized election-winner.Penny Mordaunt the candidate the polls had suggested could beat Labour was knocked out after Liz Truss overtook her
Mr Sunak will kickstart this next stage of the campaign with a major speech on Saturday. He was expected to make a very personal pitch to Tory members around the themes of “the importance of family” and “family”.
“When you are told that this will add to X amount to the nation’s debt and will lead to X amount more in interest payments, that’s serious. The system is designed to make sure people don’t do something fucking stupid. The problem is will she try and push it through anyway?Mr Sunak’s camp is also gearing up for a frenetic ground campaign. The ex-Chancellor made a rare foray onto the Commons terrace two nights running on Monday and Tuesday, in the final scramble for MP votes.
The Foreign Secretary has to get through two TV debates – on BBC One on Monday and on Sky News on 4 August – which are not her strongest card and could see her poll ratings wobble. However, Ms Truss’s allies believe they can use the ex-Chancellor’s smoothness against him: the candidate herself has admitted she is “not the slickest” and this is now being emphasised as a positive.
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