Truss vs Sunak: Key moments from Tory leadership hopefuls' first official hustings

Tory leadership contenders Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak faced a wide range of questions at the first official hustings with party members in Leeds.

Broadcast by LBC and hosted by Nick Ferrari, it was the first of 12 official hustings for members across the country to put their questions to the final two candidates before voting for the next party leader and prime minister closes on 2 September.

There were a number of key moments during the discussion, including Ms Truss admitting it was a “mistake” to change parliamentary rules to protect Owen Patterson.

[derekwhyle]

This is the result when you get your ambition confused with your ability.

[steveparker]

Considering the state of Britain at the moment with its multiple crises in the NHS, economy and cost of living. Choosing between Truss and Sunak is akin to having to choose between Fred or Rosemary West to babysit your kids...

[Willywin]

Waht no one from the 'Independent' screamng about the closure of the Tavistock Clinic?

[HzHz]

Neither of them.
We need to resist the WEF or your life will not be a life worth living.

[ryanclarke]

The same Rishi who was fined for breaking the law in attending illegal gatherings during lockdown?

[williamjohnston]

I can understand that presenter fainting seeing that face would make anyone collapse with fright

[allantaylor]

Sorry, but how can a man whose wife is a billionaire represent the normal brit?

[martinwyke]

Checkout Umberto Eco checklist on the rise of Fascism, the parallels are scary.

[lbp]

Stabbed in the back yes, but stabbed a compulsive liar and a cheat. If you’re sad Boris is gone you need to give your head a wobble.

[openbabel]

Why are people who are excempt from council tax been forced to pay council tax to pay for the influx of huge numbers of migrants into surrey which the country cannot afford to payf or.Should these extra costs be exported abroard.Should you now be honest and tell the middle class conservative voters that nearly a quarter of their council tax is spent on housing migrants and paying for their services? The voters in the UK cant afford to feed themselves let alone pay for other nations citzens tto be put up in hotels when the blind disabled elderly have to pay the costs of this invasion and the local government services removed from them such as housing UK young people and eligable groups? Why do you think that there are 10 million people on food banks who cant feed them selves asked to pay for an invasion of illegal migrants who are other countries citizens.Tis country is overwhelmed, services breaking down and the thought of the MOD giving an afgan migrant 230 pounds a week when a severely disabled blind person only gets 197 ponds a week? It is is illegal for the MOD to pay any greater amount than a court protected severely disabled or blind person?

Where is sunkas 40 pounds a week uplift?
Where are the legally required payments to the blind and disabled in march 2021 to deal with the 18 percent inflation rise for this group? Its illegal and in breachof the law.
Where is the 150 million pounds which boris stood up in parliment and promised where for the blind and severely disabled children who are citizens of this country to pay for the legally mandatory grants for adpted devices for education and disability? Who has stolen this cash from the most vulnerable UK citizens in the UK?

Why are students comming out of university as phycologists been told to help illegal migrants instead of the urgent cases UK children and adults?


This country is about to explode and it is not longr safe to be here as a migrant.

The conservatives need to show leadership and reduce the UK population to below 64 million to meet our climate chane targets?

[arielxaber]

He was paid to lobby, and she is the lobby.

[MYFATHEREMMANUEL]

Indeed there is a need of discipline for the conservatives. Sunak is not an honest and sincere candidate.

[nav]

im afraid she's not gonna be selected now

[Mrguyal]

And the next Klaus Schwab sock puppet is?

[guff]

Biasses excerpts from biassed moderators in biassed debates

[EUKBIKER]

Can we all agree, sunak shouldnt get in

[whocares]

Hopefully truss will get selected, we all need a laugh....

[monkeyboy]

Fishy Rishi is not wanted as PM or in government. Let him return to socialising with his aristocrat friends on a full time basis.

[daviddack]

Wonder how proud the Tories are, WE have Warm Banks Now, When Is " Enough is Enough. General election must be4 Called Now.

[pennylane]

Liz Truss is pale, cold and uninteresting and has no charisma whatsoever so the charismatic and talened Rishi SHOULD win; however, I hope the racists in his party do not pose a risk to Rishi's success.