The remaining two candidates in the race to be next leader of the Conservative Party and Prime Minster of the UK went head-to-head in a live TV debate on Monday, in what quickly descended into a contest to see who could speak the loudest.
Foreign Secretary Liz Truss and former Chancellor Rishi Sunak battled it out live on BBC One from a studio in Stoke-on-Trent - a key political battleground for the Tory Party - in an effort to win over the Tory members who will eventually vote for their winner. Following the debate, allies of Ms Truss were reported to have said Mr Sunak had demonstrated “aggressive mansplaining and shouty private school behaviour" by constantly talking over his rival and refusing to let her get her points across.
Tory MP and former Brexit Secretary David Davis dismissed the suggestion that Rishi Sunak was “mansplaining” to Liz Truss as “spin.” Speaking to Sky News, he said: “Sometimes it’s important to intervene in debates.
