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Liz Truss: Brags about post-Brexit trade deals. But the government figures show the new trade deals are worth 178 times less than what we've lost by damaging trade with the EU.
Liz Truss: Brags about post-Brexit trade deals. But the government figures show the new trade deals are worth 178 times less than what we've lost by damaging trade with the EU.
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Liz Truss: Defends staying with Boris Johnson because she's "loyal".
So loyalty to Boris Johnson was more important than loyalty to the country?
Liz Truss: Defends staying with Boris Johnson because she's "loyal".
So loyalty to Boris Johnson was more important than loyalty to the country?
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Tom Tugendhat says: I called out Boris Johnson when he was foreign secretary.
But then campaigned to make him prime minister.
Tom Tugendhat says: I called out Boris Johnson when he was foreign secretary.
But then campaigned to make him prime minister.
📺The five candidates running to be next Conservative Party leader — and the next Prime Minister — are live on @Channel4 for the first debate of the race
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@Channel4 Asked why the public should trust them, Liz Truss says she raised concerns about Boris Johnson's policies "in private"
Rishi Sunak says he tried to give Johnson "the benefit of the doubt" before he resigned but said "that became increasingly hard"
Rishi Sunak says he tried to give Johnson "the benefit of the doubt" before he resigned but said "that became increasingly hard"
@Channel4 On trust, Tom Tugendhat appears to quote Professor Dumbledore from Harry Potter, claiming he's frequently held those in his party to account
"It's easy to stand up to your enemies, it's sometimes harder to stand up to your friends. We all know that."
"It's easy to stand up to your enemies, it's sometimes harder to stand up to your friends. We all know that."
Lots of folk speculating about who wins and loses the Conservative leadership debate so I'll be controversial and say nobody, because all candidates are being forced by herd mentality towards roughly the same ground of tax cuts, culture war, and government revival.
Not just five candidates, but a Famous Five version of the UK in which there are gentle mysteries to be solved but otherwise all is good.
Unleas someone wants to actually let reality intrude.
Unleas someone wants to actually let reality intrude.
First responses from all are a no score draw. No candidate I've heard even close to the goal. And they all look like they'd rather be somewhere else.
