The Fight for No.10 | Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak face Sun debate

The Sun's Showdown: The Fight for No.10
THE Tory leadership debate was forced off air half-way through tonight when TalkTV host Kate McCann fainted in front of the candidates.
Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak were making their pitch for PM to Sun readers and the nation in a prime time showdown live on TalkTV - until the debate was cut short at 6.31pm.
The candidates continued fielding questions from Sun readers after the show went off air.
A News UK spokeswoman said: "Kate McCann fainted on air tonight and although she is fine, the medical advice was that we shouldn't continue with the debate. We apologise to our viewers and listeners."
During a fiery 30-minute debate before the incident, Foreign Secretary Liz Truss had promised to "relieve the burden on Sun readers" with a tax cuts bonanza.
But Rishi Sunak hit back branding her plans "morally wrong".
The ex-Chancellor accused Truss of cooking up fantasy promises - and said his priority was to bring down inflation.
He blasted: "I think Sun readers are sensible enough and have enough common sense to know that you don't get something for nothing."
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[@stopdeforestation]

For those wondering, the moderator's fainting is not in this clip.

[@lizs4796]

Thanks for saving my time….would have been annoying to sit through all the drivel and lies for no reason 😂

[@wayland7150]

@Jack Burton She will issue an apology and an update on her health. I wonder if we will see her again or if that's her done now?

[@Happin3ess]

These debates are trash. For the idiot voters anyway. More of the frenzied voters watch this on their smartphones. Pity that the British public gets a vote - public aren't smart anymore.

[@Happin3ess]

It was probably covid. Loooooooool

[@quabledistocficklepo3597]

Now you tell me.

[@derekarnold3665]

Sunak was spot on, as we now know.

[@hatdownlowofficial]

Amazing isn’t it that in moments like this they know exactly what the public wants

[@Happin3ess]

The public and yourself don't think. Not many know what is sensible. Most aren't educated. They get their knowledge from Google or the news. Do what they are told. That's the 2015s to 2022 public. Vote without brain.

[@Happin3ess]

Voting zombies.

[@bishbish9111]

magic xD

[@angelochecklight6916]

But getting the office they forget everything said.

[@missy13april]

So true... but not a clue on the realities we face daily

[@paulhilditch9118]

In liz we don't truss

[@karakara7474]

Now she's blaming Ukraine Ukraine war been going on a lot longer than people think

[@Barbaralovatt]

nearly 10 yurs mate

[@franciscouderq1100]

But but but she is advocating sending more weapons to Ukraine in the same go. So what is what ? It s Liz’s nonsense, of course

[@Victoria-hz3gx]

It’s true though is it not???

[@OhFookinELL]

They’ll promise you the universe….until whoever wins and from then on it all becomes about them.!

[@bekind816]

About sums it up mate

[@AgungSam]

Politics 101

[@blackpanthar906]

Sounds like marriage.

[@nobudget2547]

Summary :- both are not apt but at least Sunak recognizes the problem while liz is giving some fancy speeches.

[@no-oneinparticular7264]

I don't trust lockdown law breaker Rishi, he's another Michael Gove!!

[@roberthayes9842]

Don't know much about Rishy but this woman in interview after interview going back year's has no idea what she's talking about, literally none god help us

[@yanliew4027]

not so hot as foreign minister, much less PM!

[@bitubarman7842]

Who is after economic collapse of Truss and missing sunak???

[@ianbrown9082]

Liz and Rishi go 'head to head' while Kate McCann goes 'head to floor'

[@Voyager-dz7dr]

hahahahah!

[@RadhaKrishna_23]

Lol 😂 well said 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[@SS-cj6dd]

Kate got trussed and then rushed!Take it from a New Yorker 😃

[@spifaceeditz]

When does she faint to the floor

[@canmurthy]

, 🤣🤣

[@ReturnOfMackk]

Rishis ability to critically think, question the question, and articulate clearly what the result is / should be is what this country needs. Too many leaders today sadly just tell you want you want to hear and take the easy out on a question, whilst failing to speak clearly. This to me was the clear win: Incentivise and reward businesses that are reinvesting in this country to build a better future. Tax those that are not.

[@bereal6590]

👏👏 👍 agreed not that I'm a tory or like any of em, but sunak is by far the most competent! ! Truss is an idiot. As for the woman asking about meat, she needs to get a life

[@jamescorneliustaylor6997]

We do indeed need to invest in this country. The problem is that the tory party doesn't do this - there will be massive outsourcing to India and tax cuts for the rich. Little Rishi will be as much a disaster as truss. He has nearly £5bn to get back from fraudulent covid deals - the minute he gets onto that is the minute I might consider listening to him.

[@ReturnOfMackk]

@@jamescorneliustaylor6997 you can wilfully give the money back instead of waiting for Rishi ;). His furlough programme was one of the more responsible ones considering the circumstances.

[@jamescorneliustaylor6997]

@@ReturnOfMackk furlough scheme, a Labour idea, was indeed a good idea, although I didn't claim any myself. It's important to claw back that £5bn from ppe fraud - until that happens we see irresponsible throwing money at mates while fleecing the people on lowest wages, who happen to be the very people who maintain the country and drive the economy while an increasing number of wealthy people survive as mere parasites, siphoning money off as shareholders, landlords, and other similar posts of idleness.

[@jamescorneliustaylor6997]

@@ReturnOfMackk in the past the tory party has been about working for a living - this party is about NOT working for millions of pounds.

[@benjah4eva]

Liz Trus is the foreign secretary and she is blaming Rishi Sunak for making Britain's international competitiveness worst, she is absolutely a clown for blaming others for her incompetence and mistakes

[@GriefTourist]

Increasingly these debates are resembling game shows...YOU COULD BE PRIME MINISTER!!

[@sujkon]

Rishi's ideas seem more sensible and practical. Liz seems to have no idea about economics. She certainly does not have a long term plan

[@sujkon]

@SanaIsGay not sure what you mean. I truly believe he is the best candidate to be our PM. If Liz wins god help us all and our children and grandchildren

[@sujkon]

@SanaIsGay baseless aligation.

[@abhiyou0tube]

@SanaIsGay not sure what you mean here. I know several people who have benefitted from the Furlough scheme of which Sunak was the architect. I don’t know if any other country that had got such a scheme helping the hard working families during covid.

[@jamesa2482]

@@sujkon you’re only saying that because his race is similar to yours. And you’ve got a subconscious bias against any white candidate. Sunak is trash

[@hawky2k215]

Liz doesn't realised this. Scrap EU laws no supply agreement would be allowed. Why ? Because it need to be under EU laws regulations to works. So yeah she is wrong!

[@theexplorer7578]

who is watching this Debate after falldown of British Economy.

[@SirBobertThe3rd]

Neither of these 2 are strong enough to lead Britain.

[@shreyakumarisingh2427]

Rishi sunak is the best person. He is kind, charming, honest, dedicated, pure hearted, family man, married childhood gf, knows economics back of his hand. Software engineer, economist worked in Infosys, Goldman Sachs self made billionaire. Good relationship with leaders of USA Europe India Russia China. Faced racism and hatred due to Indian race in all his childhood and adult. Face discrimination, hurled racial slurs on daily basis but determined to help UK and Brits without any hesitation. Absolutely gem of a person! Perfect with no flaws.

[@ExploreBC79]

We love you Rishi,best of luck ! You deserve to be the Prime Minister!🇨🇦💐💐

[@dean9235]

None of them deserve to be Prime Minister. They are all self serving wings of the same plane going down in flames.

[@RadhaKrishna_23]

Lady from Manchester just worried about meat only bless her 🤗 other hand whole country and working class suffering from living crisis lady!!!

[@Stillwater860]

😆

[@SuperChalkster]

she can only afford steak twice a week mate give her a break, lol

[@lilachiricli6756]

@@SuperChalkster 🤣

[@ChrisBrown-ei4sz]

How terrible for her - she used to eat steak or steaklets Mon to Sunday but now can only do that twice a week 🤣

[@Dr196903]

Maybe it is worth she's growing a couple of bulls and pigs at her back garden to sort her problem - I find that this type of people are just bored and want to pop a question without thinking seriously.

[@006pennylane]

People are saying Rishi stabbed Boris in the back when the reverse is true: I very much believe that it was Boris and HIS people that gave the media the story about his wife's taxes but what she did was not illegal and other Tory politicians have found ways to pay less tax in the UK so it was grossly hypocritical of Boris and his backers to attack Rishi's wife in that way.

[@lindsayriley5818]

What is it that has lead you to the conclusion it was Boris?

[@lindsayriley5818]

Furthermore, why on Gods green earth would Boris set up HIS OWN CHANCELLOR … when it would only look bad on him and was part of the reason he was forced to resign … and HE would have to answer to the Cabinet and the PUBLIC… I’m sensing a tiny bit I will vote for the person who looks like me vibe to be honest … British Values do not discriminate so keep your racial connotations to yourself. As they are not welcome here.

[@sivamarmugam2042]

@@lindsayriley5818 and

[@rioperez7461]

Yes because lowering taxes will decrease the cost of living 🙄. Seriously, what this woman is proposing is dangerous and has the potential to make the inflation even worse. Yes, you may have more disposable income from lowering taxes but that money will worth nothing with sky rocketing inflation. Bringing Inflation down should be no 1 on the agenda.

[@sirnigeloffarage9255]

You obviously haven't heard of the laffer curve, lower taxes stimulate the economy cos we have more to spend.... I bet you voted remain.

[@_slimxx8971]

You sure didn't read economics in school lol

[@rioperez7461]

@@_slimxx8971 You don't read Economics, you study Economics. This is enough to tell me that you didn't even see a school, let alone learn Economics.

[@rioperez7461]

@@sirnigeloffarage9255 Fiscal policy and monetary policy is pretty clear on this. You lower inflation first by increasing interest rates and taxes. Its an artificially induced recession that brings down inflation. Once that target is achieved, then you lower taxes and interest rates to stimulate the economy.

[@_slimxx8971]

@@rioperez7461 Reading a subject is equivalent to Majoring in the subject Rio, I wouldn't want to school you the same way I'd for my 7 year old daughter

[@sarahjessop1581]

Hasn’t he done a great job? Why then are the UK in such an economic mess?

[@ChrisBrown-ei4sz]

Unexpected virus and pandemic - COVID and War in Ukraine

[@kevinfernandes2121]

From someone who puts down successful immigrants, by the way are your eyes ‘green’

[@geddoubleg1816]

Lies lies lies... Did she really say that she would put money back to people's pockets from day one? That's literally a lie 😬😬 unless she's a magician or something

[@rufus1346]

They are Tories, of course they are lying, both of them. Every time a Tory opens their mouth their nose grow a few inches!

[@rufus1346]

The whole Tory leadership battle is who can be the biggest lier!

[@rav8648]

And cause more inflation which means that money will be worthless.

[@georgemcnally4473]

If she chose to change income tax rates or ceilings, stop the rise in NI, or reduce VAT then she would put money back in people's pockets. Why do you feel this is not possible?

[@straightouttacornwall]

@I love to have a change now and again Great, so that works out at £1 each.. a week.

[@kkrishna1718]

I like how politicians around the world talk like quora answers. "My food is too salty, what should I do?" " Well earliest traces of salt in human food....."

[@kylefrancis3343]

I don’t live in the uk but this was professionally done with respect this how all debate should be

[@angelathompson4298]

I still wonder how long either of them were on hold to 111 if/when they rang?

[@BombSponge]

Collapsing for no apparent reason - everyday occurrence these days. Wonder why?

[@porthmeor1]

@@BombSponge LOL...no it's not....muppet.....Get real!!

[@BombSponge]

@@porthmeor1 So you know for a fact or just hoping?

[@Stillwater860]

Liz quiet recently in 2020! Lol

[@porthmeor1]

@@BombSponge 😂...You're asking me that?...couldn't make it up...😅

[@sachiinrauut7790]

People love to hear things like tax cut, concession, free medical care, free trips.....and based on that they elect their leader anywhere in the world.

[@monkeypox6579]

Warning: This video contains content that some viewers may find disturbing. 😂

[@cupidstunt22]

Watching from behind the sofa

[@johnsmith-rs2vk]

@@cupidstunt22 Watching inside my cardboard box !

[@MrArchie800]

Warning: This video contains content that some viewers will find lacklustre 😄

[@wayland7150]

It's disturbing that one of these two pillocks will be cunning the runtry in 6 weeks.

[@ckzckw]

The NHS mismanagement of funds is a major problem. First we need a guarantee that they will keep Jeremy Hunt AWAY from the NHS after he tried to break it, let's not forget the strike he forced NHS workers into when he pushed and nearly imposed new work hours that would leave people not rested and at risk of causing harm to patients. 2nd any funds each trust gets should be spent as per the trust's priorities, it is outrageous that funds for art get spent on ugly eyesores when they could be spent on equipment or building structures and other more useful things.

[@najmaalikhan]

Put all the blame on covid! It's really is a joke how they blame everything on covid.

[@rajkumat7856]

That’s true, but let’s also not forget out of the G7 we’re second to last when it comes to how much we spend on health as a % of GDP. Only above Italy.

[@jadensmith4203]

The first thing is to make sure the host had eaten a full meal before the show, and make sure the host was in good health condition before the show. Don't let the audiences disappointed again and again.

[@yesmate78]

Stop sending our money to Ukraine.

[@Fondrom]

Clueless, if Ukraine falls without causing russia significant damage a world war could break out in the future

[@coled2270]

How don't expect us to get Charlie

[@sivan9927]

Rishi is well aware of british economics instead of speculative budget

[@Angel-Adramelech]

Is that why the snake has suddenly changed his mind on tax cuts?

[@turquoiseowl]

bizarre how on consecutive questions they promise to reduce prices and then on the next promise to keep prices high

[@alexokunnur8946]

When you apply for the job you would promise anything to get it. After all they don't care what they are promising - they are not bound to their words.

[@trusttruth8889]

I really get the impression that Liz is making things up as she goes.

[@ShadowDev6969]

better than sunak tho.

[@mradam6815]

exactly sunak is right liz is wrong change my mind

[@dongmingzhu666]

Still better than Richie Sunak Why do we need a billionaire prime minister?

[@australiaglobal4485]

mess

[@mrjorgemonteiro]

@@dongmingzhu666 what does it matter how rich he is? he worked hard to be where he is. There will always be people richer than others.

[@sandeepmall6282]

Rishi the best after listening to whole debate

[@laurabonney1663]

Rishi is a sly snake.

[@ferretfriend5458]

So what who cares, it is not our choice of idiots is it! Our choice and voices will be heard in the next general election.

[@paulyflyer8154]

It's like choosing between Myra Hindley and Ian Brady after Jimmy Savile has resigned.

[@Happin3ess]

Haha. Please don't vote. Name a PM you liked? One.

[@awgoody5019]

I just don’t understand how partygate could ruin boris Johnson but everyone seems to forget rishi also got fined? Has everyone forgotten about partygate or? If so why did everyone make it such a big issue before?

[@masanyarey1599]

He claims he did help the people. Wasn’t he working for Boris? The guy is full of it.

[@govermentsoundsystemrootik8887]

Currupt Britain in it's finest quality so which devil do we vote for 🤔...., hold on a minute but the problem here is that the people don't get a say in any of this but have to stand back & let the rest of these currupt elite elect officals pick the next currupt puppy to rule over us.....!!!!

[@govermentsoundsystemrootik8887]

It's sad that we the sheeples among who are literally scraping one & two pennies together to just survive this constantly raising of living to just survive but to let these multi millionaires currupt government so called officals dictate to us how we must all band together & level up 🧐...., Have you all forgotten about Richi's green card gdt out clause for America & he's wife back hand slap & tickle scratch my back I'll scratch your's pay NO British tax on ANYTHING...., 🤔....., Tell me you all ain't forgotten about that or have you...., 🧐

[@countfosco8535]

You don't understand much.

[@govermentsoundsystemrootik8887]

@@countfosco8535 Mmmmmmm...., need to understand what exactly if that MUCH bruv 🤔...., gonna bet that im older than you by a land slide given that i was born in South East London, in Lambeth in St Giles Hospital Camberwell in 1967 with all my original parts still intact give or take a few molers here & their time's 3 where i have surgical screw in vaneers....., So please engage with me & explain in what exactly may i not grasp, understand or engaged in to a better understanding 🤔

[@doge2899]

Can’t anything go right in these debates?

[@jenniferdanes948]

Rishi has won it already even though there is a gigantic question mark over his head about the direction UK foreign policy will take but he is very competent and reassuring, hugely more stable and reliable than either Truss or his witchy colleague Priti P. Truss is so po-faced it's almost painful & cringey to watch. God forbid she gets her foot over the threshhold of Number 10.

[@alecneate76]

Rishi is slimy and posh just like Boris

[@andywilliams7323]

Don't agree. He's always been the underdog against Truss and he knows it, and shows that he knows it. He's got a very poor poker face. He held it together much better in this debate, probably because of how much and how badly he was criticised over his very poor performance in the previous evening's BBC debate. In the BBC debate his performance was dreadful, irritating, and rude. His fear and desperation were also so uncomfortably obvious. He was so overly desperate that he couldn't help himself constantly interrupting, talking down to and droning on over-explaining and waffling in a very aloof, arrogant and condescending manner. That before long most people watching were begging for him to just shut up.

[@DontRefuseToVoteThisElection]

He's up his own A! And you think this but since Theresa may screwed us over trying to reverse brexit many of us working class joined the conservatives Why do you think Kemi was our favourite Rishi doesn't stand a chance

[@anthonylewis2080]

@JC : Look at his response when challenged about Putin and there's your answer - not someone who call on to defend others in bad times.

[@nobudget2547]

Summary :- both are not apt but at least Sunak recognizes the problem while liz is giving some fancy speeches.

[@sonyse2t5]

Much much better than the BBC chaotic debate and with a chair person facilitating extremely well. No tolerance of disrespectful interruptions! Unfortunately,it didn't finish due to the incident. But the all important economic dire straits subject have been aired and addressed.

[@Happin3ess]

No it isn't. The Sun readers are psychotic. KZbinrs are easily lead. Vote for someone sensible. If you are going to be a rebel - don't bother voting. Would like to get on with my life. No more disruptions by idiots on KZbin, Facebook or Twitter. That crowd are duuuuuuuuumb.

[@najmaalikhan]

Only address but not implemented

[@najmaalikhan]

What I want to know is when they invade oil rich countries, create terrorists and refugees as well. They do all that and say they care about their country. All the taxpayer money goes into the military operations they do when invading oil rich countries. Funny after they destroyed those countries they have control and easy access to their resources so where does all that war booty go? They still make public suffer by making cuts, raise food and housing prices. As for the NHS, It's a disgraceful how seriously ill patients are put on waiting lists .

[@countfosco8535]

When Tories organise an event, it usually ends in chaos. The child's swing in Number 10's garden gets broken, the cleaners have to get rid of the vomit all over the place, loads of people end up with COVID, and everyone lies about it afterwards. A normal day in the life of those Tories. Buller, Buller, Buller.

[@dean9235]

The disrespect comes from the politicians who live in ivory towers and disregard the lives of the people they are suppose to represent.

[@marcuswilson3485]

Two out of touch people, who are nowhere near the quality of integrity to be Prime Minister of the UK. I’m Scottish and we are horrified because our own leaders are crap as well. I worry that these people are in power because they tick the boxes of having money, having a certain education path and “being in the right place right time.” In real industry, these people would not be employed in any way.

[@israeldiegoriveragenius2th164]

No to vaccine passports, mandates or lockdowns

[@shafserious2805]

They cant do nothing about this! They are told how to further the WEFs agenda

[@thechopperharrispunctualta9885]

she obviously got bored and nodded off ! I don't blame her 😍😍

[@sofii515]

I agree Rishi help us in furlough scheme and self employment grants . His point of view to stable the economy makes more sense . Liz has no idea about economy and she will put us in DEBT for temporary relief. Support and well wishes to rishi 👌

[@hohohohehehe6910]

Self employment grants that he gave away to tons of fraudsters and then wrote off that money instead of trying to retrieve it.

[@Gavriel-og6jv]

17:52 How gross to interrupt him like that, it feels like she discriminated against him.

[@bijayetokhai4903]

voting for truss is voting another theresa may which proved a disaster for britain.

[@TrumpWinner]

Looks like Klaus Schwab is our next PM

[@poolaa7160]

Spot on! People need to wake up!

[@DharmeshParmar2510]

No doubt he’s got massive influence on both of these.

[@keysersoze3866]

Are these our only options for leadership? OMG.

[@coled2270]

Kier Starmer wasn't available; on strike

[@wayland7150]

Mr Bean was working in Hollywood on a movie.

[@dennisjones203]

And spike mulligans having a rest and don't want the job of pm ,shame that he would do a better job than this lot R I P spike.

[@countfosco8535]

Truss means that only Sir Keir Starmer can be our next Prime Minister. It's a Tories' choice. Truss cannot win the next General Election in a million years.

[@jamiearnold1711]

The NHS was up the creek long before covid. Funnily enough, the regression escalated when the Tories took over 🤔

[@lilachiricli6756]

...and started selling it off to the highest bidders.

[@Robert-tt9ul]

@@lilachiricli6756 it’d be a far more efficient organisation if it’s not government owned and has financial oversight. Do you even know what the goal of privatisation is or are you just repeating headlines?

[@Happin3ess]

Haha. And coronavirus had NO economic impact or social impact what so ever???? Haha. Glad you aren't in parliament.

[@Happin3ess]

You are referring to the 90s Labour Government. It's all above leadership and decisions on economy. Tony Blair made clever decisions on economy. The 90s was a boom. Thatcher's decisions led to the economic boom of the 90s and 2000s. It's this period you are referring to. What period in UK history do you want to get back to? What government and PM was your ideal?

[@Happin3ess]

Give an example of good government in UK. Was it John Major and the Conservative Party? Tony Blair and the Labour Party? Theresa May and the Conservative Party. Was it the Coalition Government of David Cameron and Nick Clegg - the Conservative and Lib Dem party? What period and government do you want to go back to?

[@nickprice235]

still have A Vote Of No Confidence in any MP

[@Happin3ess]

Haha. You probably vote for UKIP, or is it now the Brexit Party? OR is it going by another name now? Or maybe you vote for the Lib Dems, or maybe the BNP? You always have the option of leaving this messy country. You've got enough money to move.

[@nickprice235]

@@Happin3ess I voted for the Tory's and to leave the eu I know the next CEO of the .gov corporate machine must take over but the next puppets which are now been put on display for the ever day voter to think they are getting some sort of choice , there still part of what has been before

[@28renzo]

How brave of rishi to give the NHS more funding during a pandemic

[@superchickensoup]

Nobody gets a fair price on food, fuel or many other things in the UK these days we get completely shafted. Pay more and more council tax and get less and less service for it. Take a look at places like the US and Australia wages = cost of living ect. In Australia a roofer can buy a Estwing hammer for the equivalent of a half hours wage, in the UK that same hammer will cost a roof one hours wage.

[@alanreed8729]

And of course an American Hammer is a perfect indicator of the cost of living!

[@Happin3ess]

Sounds like you wrote this after a rant at your local pub and thought it was a good idea to post. Smart voters think.

[@steventan2550]

Australians gets decent wages but not Americans.

[@adityapatwardhan9294]

She's reading what her assistant has written 😂

[@mihailgfaina]

What a stupid question - how they treated a member of the government when they called 999! She should of asked John this question.

[@johnsmith-rs2vk]

I say Old Boy , have you got a villa in Tuscany ?

[@gbassi8616]

Did someone genuinely ask the candidates if they should become vegetarian?

[@salomienbetten178]

Sunak is answering in a standardized manner, don't believe one word of it!!

[@abhishekvrm2777]

Hello 😂🍛

[@lpmuzza3274]

The fact this is anything to do with THE SUN says it all

[@AbhishekKumar-jz6yd]

Rishi sunak is far better than lizz truss

[@Raj-ul9my]

More of this format is needed

[@Olujeje01]

Do people even listen at all to what they are saying. Reading lots of comments about how good Rishi is, who just want to increase taxes and so on… Talking fluently with confidence does not equate competence. The answers Rishi gave on NHS seems elusive

[@eurekajon6548]

totally

[@amuthanshan]

Yes, Rishi's answers are vague, perhaps because he is tired of repeating the same answer he gave on previous debates. You mention raising taxes but the billions of Covid relief money has to be paid somehow. He mentioned on the first C4 debate that he raised National Insurance Contributions to fund the NHS and Social Care. If you want the NHS to cut the backlog due to covid, the money has to come from somewhere - either raise taxes or increase borrowing, the latter Rishi explains as being equivalent to paying on your credit card and expecting your kids to pay for it. Corporation tax was raised only for the top 20% of businesses, smaller businesses are unaffected.

[@shreyakumarisingh2427]

Rishi sunak is the best person. He is kind, charming, honest, dedicated, pure hearted, family man, married childhood gf, knows economics back of his hand. Software engineer, economist worked in Infosys, Goldman Sachs self made billionaire. Good relationship with leaders of USA Europe India Russia China. Faced racism and hatred due to Indian race in all his childhood and adult. Face discrimination, hurled racial slurs on daily basis but determined to help UK and Brits without any hesitation. Absolutely gem of a person! Perfect with no flaws.

[@hamhotpocket3788]

@@shreyakumarisingh2427 Not against proudly admitting he had no common friends though, dodging taxing with offshore saving, his wife has more money than him and she was doing the same thing. When the Russian sanctions kicked in, did they stop there investments in there Russian businesses? No. Sunak doesn't know his arse from his face. He ignored the rules of covid himself, came up with fines for people that he didn't get fined for himself. The list goes on. I want a leader who can get the manifesto done and not just because of there personality, if not at all. We don't need personalities, that's what tiktoks for not politics.

[@shreyakumarisingh2427]

@@hamhotpocket3788 yes it seems like u are pork shop owner. Well u can always diverse ur business with cheese apples and bananas.

[@ellastarrr1st149]

If only these two could turn this country around instead of risking world war 3 the happier I would be.

[@PM-cs6jq]

One of them have already gotten Britain head-to-head with Russia. Boris was supposed to resign in January. Russia-Ukraine war helped him stay on. People forgot. That's the whole point, which clearly shows the reason why Britain was the most hawkish on Russia.

[@swarajpandey9798]

Rishi can do better ✌️✌️👍👍

[@navikumarkumar1010]

Rishi Sunak has that ability which is not in the leader of the whole world. I understand Rishi will be the right decision for UK. The world now needs a good leader, today the world knows the sage, the identity of a good leader and a good person is enough, we support the sage on behalf of taiwan love love you World

[@emberson7850]

I think this was a stunt pulled to make it look that way to gain your truss in her. They didnt even show Rishi face or action responds.

[@countfosco8535]

OK, thanks Liz. Jajajajaja.

[@tzc9309]

I am no tory supporter, but having free ports is a 10/10 idea. When fuel costs rise, shipping costs rise, transport costs rise, which means business costs rise, in which prices then will most likely rise, being passed onto you the consumer, meaning you will have less money to spend as wages remain roughly the same - as the price of everything has risen. Business costs rise, your employer will probably not pay you more/enough to keep up with inflation - as it is unsustainable (maybe), eventually sales decrease, as people cannot afford to buy the items, business makes less money, they can no longer to afford or want to employ you, you lose your job, recession gets worse, bad downward economic spiral. Hard times. Proactive policies like free ports for example, reduce business costs, and help reduce inflation and promote growth by having the opposite effect. You cannot essentially prevent business owners from benefitting from things that benefit businesses. However remember that without businesses, you do not have a job. Sometimes things that benefit people who own the companies, also benefit people working within those companies and it is simply unavoidable to an extent. Anyone who says this man has zero idea is talking nonsense. For the love of god vote for this man please and put aside the past and the fact he's wealthy. The future is what matters and Truss has no idea how to effectively deal with this situation - but Rishi has at least half an idea.

[@garyt.8745]

Come on!!! Free ports _aren't their idea, in fact THEY themselves_ CLOSED all the free ports in the UK over the last 10 years!!! "The first free ports in the United Kingdom opened in the 1980s under Margaret Thatcher, as an attempt to combat de-industrialisation and a declining economy. Several free ports operated throughout the United Kingdom, however by 2012 the Conservative-led government decided not to renew their licences". All were closed on the premise that they were ineffective, and a hive of "money laundering and tax evasion". Sir Ed Davey, on the subject of free-ports, even predicted that the UK would "become the world capital of money laundering". Look at all that illegally gained Russian Oligarch billions that 'somehow', 'inexplicably' got into the UK over the last 30 years. Now they sell you the LIE that free ports were somehow "not allowed" when we were in the EU. Again, total lies! They were created in 1983 (in the Conservative "Challenge Our Times" manifesto, and guess what??? Yeah, we were IN THE EU. And guess what??? Most EU countries have _at least one_ free port (82 in total existed in the EU in 2020). Now even the, supposedly corrupt, EU is clamping down on those 82 free port zones after finding that "their special status had aided the financing of terrorism, money laundering and organised crime". So..... yeah...... maybe NOT such a good idea after all.

[@Proudindian1991]

Oscar winning acting of Liz truss 😁😁to fool people

[@healthpsychologist]

Not convinced that either will prove to be a PM that will be in any way beneficial to the UK, British people, the British economy or our international standing. The future under either of their premiership is bleak.

[@sandeep7823]

Crappy system,these are debates when people have to just watch and weep having no say and this is called democracy...

[@steventan2550]

When a country is decline, there will be a dearth of good leaders.

[@johnsharman7262]

Kate, first of all thanks to holding (up to point of feinting) a good clean interlocutor style in this debate: this cut down immensely on the over talk, undercutting what someone else was saying. You were the best interviewer I've seen so far! Hope you get better, that you will carry on with your work.

[@concerned1]

She says Thanks for the kind words. It means a lot.

[@whyohwhy3407]

FEINTING? Or do you mean FAINTING, as in passing out?

[@parthachatterjee9027]

At times Liz Truss didn;t hit her when Rishi was rattling off some of the economics solutions . Ms Truss simply lacks the intellect to comprehend the problems , let alone solve them .

[@countfosco8535]

Tell dat to dem Tories. Me laughing coz Truss after two years get binned. Toxic Truss.

[@batgirlp5561]

Here from the US, needing a break from the wackos we have over here.

[@jschreiber6461]

Wackos are everywhere after Waco, but not all countries’ wackos are armed and dangerous, many just have laughable muppets clamouring for attention and power.

[@dennisjones203]

Vote trump save the USA 🇺🇸 .

[@cupidstunt22]

Liz Truss Makes an awful fuss

[@Liam-c5k]

They will promise this and that, only to not do any or very few of the things they promised. Whoever gets in, no difference will be made.. how sad.

[@irritatedanglosaxon1705]

Where was the host fall down and pass out when the candidates spoke bout Freedom and Democracy ??!! I wanna see

[@wayland7150]

Such is the power of television that that is now just a conspiracy theory.

[@youfsl0072]

Fight for British people...don't fight for no 10. we are really in tough time

[@unboxingradha8801]

Rishi will be the next PM for a better future of Britain🇬🇧 😍✌👍

[@no-oneinparticular7264]

Oh no he won't!!. Conservative Party will lose next election, definitely!!

[@unboxingradha8801]

@@countfosco8535 I respect ur opinion 😍

[@unboxingradha8801]

@Lyrical Gammster I respect ur opinion 😍

[@anthonylewis2080]

😆😄😆😄😆😄😆!.

[@unboxingradha8801]

@@anthonylewis2080 😉

[@mrboyban]

I hope Kate makes a speedy recover.

[@wayland7150]

That's the last we will see of her.

[@Desi365]

How is she doing right now ? And what was it about i may ask ?

[@wayland7150]

@@Desi365 She did not die and is back on telly. So maybe she is fine.

[@quabledistocficklepo3597]

I missed the part where the other candidates were eliminated. C'mon Google, do you stuff. I'm counting on you.

[@roydsmart]

Liz truss should have studied some maths and compounding of interest in school

[@shelleyphilcox4743]

@Utkarsh Roy Liz did the same degree as Rishi but at a better Oxford College...Merton not Lincoln. Liz is also a qualified accountant (worked for Shell)and rose to be Economic Director at Cable and Wireless before having senior positions in government over 10 years and spending longer as Chief Secretary of the Treasury than Rishi did. Not only that, Lizs passion is the promotion of education and championing maths and science at school. Perhaps Rishis experience of helping his Mum with the Pharmacy accounts while still at school is the problem when stacked up against a qualified accountant who worked for Shell and was Economics Director. Maybe Rishi needs to check his Excel formulae.

[@TheVoyagers.]

Looks like she only had 2 months

[@salemalnuaimi602]

Come on Rishi, change the immigration rules asap

[@TomNook.]

Oh he will, gotta stick together amirite

[@seanscanlon9067]

@@TomNook. No not Tories, they tend to deny others the very things that they have themselves. The irony is the Johnny Foreigner hating, working class Tory voters might soon realise their worst nightmare if Rishi Sunak becomes PM!

[@Happin3ess]

Haha. As if he is your best friend. Hahaha. Well after being banned from friends and relatives in Lockdown - of course you think of politicians as your "fwends". Bet you had a close relationship with BoJo too? Haha.

[@salemalnuaimi602]

@@TomNook. we are curry happy family lmao

[@salemalnuaimi602]

@@Happin3ess I have a close relationship with Liz as well Open the borders NOW

[@ICringeALot]

The apprentice, a fight for competence

[@rookiediver]

That's the end of the presenter's live broadcasting career as tv execs won't risk her fainting again.

[@beniteztheconman]

No ome human could listen to those 2 weirdos and not lose the will to live.

[@alfsmith4936]

You're joking? She just held ww3 off for a few months at least.

[@beniteztheconman]

@@alfsmith4936 he he he

[@stopdeforestation]

Most humans faint once in life, so it's not anything to worry about, unless a person faints multiple times within a month

[@beniteztheconman]

@@stopdeforestation try watching liz truss trying to speak ... i dare you to stay conscious!

[@MY-sn6vi]

So both will decrease some tax’s and both will increase some tax so nothing is going to change.

[@dobias28]

Can anyone see a candidate of the people? Because all I can see are two candidates of Klaus Schwab and zero candidates representing the interest of the common people.

[@laurabonney1663]

Truss and Sunak are both WEF puppets. Get either of them and get Klaus Schwab and the Great Reset.

[@moatazabdullah1025]

In Wales if you want to see a doctor,you have to call between 8:00am to 9:00am and the service is very bad until the time is finished

[@nomadcarpenter8549]

8:00 and 8:02am because after that they are fully booked

[@arfurloin1]

So Rishi reads The Sun! Yeah right.🤣🤣🤣

[@coled2270]

Page three

[@wayland7150]

@@coled2270 Ever since Sam Fox became an LGBTQP+ page 3 has not been the same.

[@floatingpeaks4584]

He's a politician, his advisers will have to read all the major national papers and advice accordingly.

[@kalyanji7774]

I guess Rishi is more polished refined out of both.......his fixes are more practical & reliable.....I guess the pendulum swing is towards RISHI !

[@countfosco8535]

I agree with you as a regular UK citizen. But wouldn't it be funny if Truss won, and the Tories took themselves out of contention for decades to come?

[@ismaelmaiga9826]

I still not understand when the leaders keep saying the high inflation we're facing is global challenge... Anyway it was great debate bravo to both👍

[@nilz66]

Wonder how long it took for Ambulance to come to the Studio

[@winstonsmith.1984]

Well, that was an abrupt end! Surely Liz Truss had something to say in response…

[@paulflint6254]

to edit out the interviewer fainting

[@omidanjadani1225]

So Boris resigned as he was partying during lockdown but Rishi was at that party too. How stupid are the British public to allow him to even run. Absolute mockery!

[@alimuzhussain8394]

Don’t worry the British public are not quite ready to allow this little brown chappati boy to be running the country

[@countfosco8535]

Like Toxic Truss will solve this.

[@Andreaworthington2023]

We don’t have a say in this ! The power hungry MP have gone against the British mandate they were given ! Ignoring the conservative members wanting to vote to reject Boris’ resignation this is just gunna make us a shambles cause the cons can’t get their s**t together and work as a unit just power hungry

[@anthonylewis2080]

Precisely: have the nerve to be critical of other nations, yet several politicians broke policies set by government - reportedly, the Government of Russia was laughing at Johnson's ability to lead a nation. In that case, I (reluctantly) agree.

[@healthpsychologist]

They just don’t care about the UK and those people who have been hurt by their policies and actions and inaction.

[@charlievardar1330]

Debate especially for "the Sun readers" 😆 this is a hell of an advertisement!

[@nornironlady6635]

Such a human thud , just like our nation fallin in to hell

[@LSATSB]

Losing the will to live with those 2…..

[@kevingrant7098]

The NHS has 12,000 shortage of doctors and 50000 nurses

[@BurkhardusX]

Kate McCan looks like Janet Levinson (formerly Levinson-Gould), the obersexed female boss in the TV series „The Office“.

[@SachinSingh-ks1no]

जय हिन्द 🇮🇳🦁🦁⚔️⚔️⚔️🙏🙏

[@DadsWatchingYouTube]

Everytime I watch British house of commons in session or Prime Minister's questions I think "Man the US Congress doesnt know how to hold an exciting deliberative body of debate." Then I watch this and I think "Man the UK Executive doesnt know how to have an exciting delibrative debate."

[@Stef23441]

Rishi sunak you didn’t keep my job safe during covid , and I’m struggling more than ever now !

[@tarekfatahfanclub9043]

It wasn’t his job to keep your job safe. If you were proficient enough, there would have been no issues.

[@ICringeALot]

Why do the sun present political debates in a more exciting manner than WWE wrestling