Hours of televised "phoney war" Tory leadership debates may be steering the public to the hard-right, a worried campaign boss warned.
Writing for the Daily Mirror, Naomi Smith, who heads Best for Britain, branded the said the race for No 10 a "phony war" and voiced alarm about the impact on the public.
She accused both Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss of pandering to the right of the party, and said it presents a huge problem for Labour, with polls showing the gap between the parties narrowing.