Conservative leadership debate cancelled after presenter faints live on air
The latest Tory leadership debate between Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss has been cancelled after the presenter fainted on air.
The TalkTV presenter had been due to co-host the debate alongside The Sun's political editor Harry Cole, but he pulled out after testing positive for Covid.Before it was halted, the latest televised debate between the two candidates had been covering tax, the state of the NHS and rising living costs.The candidates displayed a more conciliatory tone, in contrast to theMs Truss repeated her charge that the former chancellor had been "morally wrong" to put up National Insurance.
In a pointed rejoinder, he said: "What's morally wrong is asking our children and grandchildren to pick up the tab for the bills that we are not prepared to meet." When offered the chance to ask Rishi Sunak a question, Liz Truss noticeably swerved going for a personal blow, instead asking about the cost of living.
Questions from Sun readers also took the debate further into policy areas they hadn't debated as much before, such as the NHS and fracking.Ms Truss said putting up National Insurance was not needed to give the NHS money to help clear Covid backlogs, which she said could be funded through "general taxation".
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