The first Tory leadership debate took place on live television on Friday evening. Hosted by journalist Krishnan Guru-Murthy and broadcast on Channel 4, with streaming on All4, the event was watched by 7.4 million viewers.
Here’s how the papers ranked the winners and losers of the debate.
Winner | Loser | |
The Independent | Tom Tugendhat | |
Daily Mail | Tom Tugendhat | |
The New Statesman | Rishi Sunak | Liz Truss |
The Telegraph | Rishi Sunak | |
The Guardian | Tom Tugendhat | |
The Spectator | Tom Tugendhat / Rishi Sunak | |
The Express | Tom Tugendhat |
Bookie’s favourite at this stage is Penny Mordaunt