British PM hopefuls clash in ill-tempered TV debate
Truss pledges tax cuts amid high govt debt as Sunak dismisses her plan as economic failure
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The two candidates competing to become Britain's next prime minister by winning the leadership of the country's ruling Conservative Party clashed in a bad-tempered televised debate on Monday, with Foreign Secretary Elizabeth Truss promising to deliver tax cuts despite high levels of government debt, and former finance minister Rishi Sunak angrily dismissing her proposal as a recipe for economic failure.
The only policy the two agreed on was that Britain should get much tougher on China, a topic which, to the surprise of many seasoned observers, has risen to prominence in this race.
