Sunak scores debate victory over Truss

By Agence France-Presse

Aug 06, 2022 12:15 am

LONDON: Rishi Sunak on Thursday (Friday in Manila) appeared to score a surprise win with a studio audience at a key debate with frontrunner Liz Truss in the race to become Britain's next prime minister.

While opinion polls back Truss to win the vote among Conservative party members, those sitting in the audience at the Sky News debate overwhelmingly supported Sunak in a show of hands — after an electronic voting system broke down.

GAINING GROUND This file photo shows British Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak leaving 11 Downing Street to announce the Budget 2021 to the House of Commons in London, Britain on March 3, 2021. Sunak on Thursday, Aug. 4, 2022, appeared to score a surprise win with a studio audience at a key debate with frontrunner Liz Truss in the race to become Britain’s next prime minister. XINHUA PHOTO

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