Tonight in another TV discussion, Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak will square off against one another for the second time in two days.
In a TalkTV/The Sun event, the two Tory leadership contenders—who are both trying to succeed Boris Johnson as Prime Minister—are competing against one another.
The Foreign Secretary, who just turned 47, spent the day campaigning in Sussex ahead of tonight’s discussion, while Mr. Sunak was in Stanmore, north London.
Ms. Truss questioned Mr. Sunak about the ex-“mansplaining” chancellor’s during yesterday night’s nasty TV debate on the BBC, but she declined to engage in another slanging fight with him.
As they prepared to square off against each other on live television for a second time, the duo had been persuaded to temper their vicious blue-on-blue assaults on one another.
As her campaign and Mr. Sunak’s considered the effects of their first face-to-face confrontation, the foreign secretary swore not to “criticise the other candidate in this contest.”
She told Sky News, “I’m not going to criticise the other candidate in this election.”
“I am making a case for what needs to change in Britain to unleash the potential of people everywhere,” I said.
Ms. Truss, though, asserted that Mr. Sunak’s proposals for the economy would be a “disaster” for homeowners, businesses, and employees while failing to engage in personal jabs.
She was questioned over the most recent IMF report on the state of the global economy, which was seen as supporting Mr. Sunak’s argument that delaying tax cuts and limiting expenditure was the best course of action.
Let’s be clear, his proposal is to raise taxes, Ms. Truss continued. He intends to increase corporate taxes to bring them up to parity with those in France.
“That will deter people from investing in Britain,” someone said. And I am aware that there are a tonne of opportunities nationwide.
“Limited investment will result in a future with fewer employment, fewer opportunities, lower salaries, and poorer productivity.
Thus, it is “cutting off our nose to make our face look bad.”
Regarding the UK’s economic policy, the Foreign Secretary cited the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development.
The body, she added, had labelled Britain’s strategy as “contractionary,” and that, she continued, “means it will cause a recession.” The worst case scenario is a recession.
The situation would be disastrous for homeowners. People who commute to work would suffer greatly. For those who are in charge of businesses, it would be disastrous.
“For these reasons, I want to keep taxes low, draw in investment, and spur economic growth.”
That will help us pay off our debt the fastest.
Mr. Sunak asserted that Ms. Truss’ strategy of lowering taxes and increasing borrowing has “nothing Conservative” about it.
A YouGov snap poll of 507 Conservative Party members conducted after yesterday night’s BBC debate revealed that Ms Truss was thought to have performed better, with 50% saying as much compared to Mr. Sunak’s 39%.
Similar to this, 78% of Tory members who saw the BBC discussion thought Ms. Truss did well, while 65% said the same about Mr. Sunak.