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Jul 17 9 tweets 3 min read
"I might not be the slickest presenter". Some self awareness from Liz Truss. #ToryLeadershipDebate
Truss quoting Reagan and running a campaign "about the future". I think she's perfectly fine to do the job, but goodness she is not a great communicator. #ToryLeadershipDebate
Badenoch going hard at Tugendhat for never having to make government decisions as a counter to his "clean break" pitch. Interested to see how that lands. #ToryLeadershipDebate
Badenoch right that redoing the Brexit debate is not what anyone wants. #ToryLeadershipDebate
Sunak seems to want to frame everything he plans to do through a Brexit lens. #ToryLeadershipDebate
Sunak asking Truss whether she regrets being a Liberal Democrat or Remainer most. She rather fumbled by turning to a personal story, rather than just saying "Liberal Democrat". #ToryLeadershipDebate
Truss has an excellent question for Sunak on whether he still supports doing more trade with #China. Sunak now says he see the security threat as the lens through which to see this and credits Tugendhat for being early to this, but then rolls it back saying engagement is good.
Mordaunt asks Sunak why he doesn't support defence increases. Sunak says he did increases and won't set "arbitrary targets". Tugendhat kicks in that making 10,000 troops unemployed hardly helped. #ToryLeadershipDebate
Tugendhat is excellent on the Green question, the only one mentioning nuclear, which is the only realistic option for this net zero by 2050 business. #ToryLeadershipDebate

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