The nearly 150,000 members of the formation have a month to decide who will inherit the position of prime minister, although many are expected to cast their votes in the coming days, so the first acts of the campaign are crucial for the options. of the Foreign Minister, favorite in the polls, and the former Economy Minister, who is trying to recover ground.
In front of dozens of members in an auditorium in Devon, a county in the southwest of England dedicated to tourism and agriculture where the “Tories” are trying to stop the advance of the Liberal Democrats, both candidates reeled off their proposals and answered separately to questions from the public.
Truss defended his intention that Brexit benefit rural and fishing communities – “I am the person who will be tough on the European Union,” he said – and harshly criticized his rival’s plans to raise corporate tax.
Sunak has tried in recent hours to turn around the image that his Executive would tighten taxation with a program to reduce long-term income tax, although some of those attending today’s event expressed mistrust: “You would raise corporate tax just like Labour, that would kill my business,” one reproached him.
In his interventions, Sunak also tried to value the “radical” measures that he put into practice at the head of Economy during the pandemic and attacked Truss for his “orthodoxy”.
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