Almost all Tory leadership candidates refuse to label Boris Johnson as dishonest

When the audience were asked if they trusted politicians, not a single person said they did

Tory leadership candidates have refused to answer when asked if they thought Boris Johnson is honest or not. The five remaining candidates were taking part in the first televised leadership debate on Channel 4, when they were asked by Krishnan Guru-Murthy if they thought the Prime Minister was honest. Kemi Badenoch simply replied "sometimes", whilst Rishi Sunak said he had tried to give the PM "the benefit of the doubt" during his time as chancellor. Liz Truss only went as far as admitting that some of Johnson's statements were not "100 percent accurate." And the bookies favourite to win the leadership, Penny Mordaunt said the Prime Minister had "paid the price" for his mistakes. The only one of the five who gave a straight "no" answer to the question was Tom Tugendhat. He got a round of applause for this. https://twitter.com/Channel4News/status/1548020397332783105 https://twitter.com/BethRigby/status/1548016678914498563 The audience for the debate was made up of a group of vetted "swing" voters. When Guru-Murthy turned to them and asked whether them to put their hand up if they trusted politicians, not a single person did. https://twitter.com/Channel4News/status/1548020098316636164 Related links:

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