Hours before tonight's Tory leadership hustings got underway in Eastbourne, voters in the sundrenched resort had their say on the battle for No10.
Denise Tokeley, 69, a carer, said: “That Rishi, he has got that much money he doesn’t understand about proper people - I don’t think he understands how ordinary people live.
“He’s really rich - does he really understand how pensioners, disabled pensioners, are living? The cost of electric? Because he hasn’t got to think about it.