As we reported on the night, Liz Truss was interrupted by climate activists during raids of Conservative leaders in Eastbourne tonight.
In case you missed it, watch the moment in the next clip. . .
Judi James, a body language expert, has the telltale symptoms shown when Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss feel the strain of the race for conservative leadership.
Ms James appeared on Sky News to discuss its functionality on our Battle for Number 10 show last night, where the couple faced a separate grid from Kay Burley.
She praised the format of the exhibit to allow the audience to see the contenders in “human form,” and praised Mr. M. ‘s “optimistic energy. “The “calm and statesmanlike” qualities of Sunak and Mrs. Truss.
But she said, “They showed moments of weakness, they showed moments of failure. “
James said the foreign minister is like an opera singer who “makes noise with notes” when he doesn’t like a question, while the former chancellor sticks out his tongue “like a baby refusing food. “
She said of Mrs. Truss: “When she’s under pressure, she’s a bit like an opera singer playing the notes.
“We get that choppy flickering rhythm, her vocal pitch starts to break slightly, she becomes quite fragile and shows very, very obviously that she doesn’t like questions or that she’s been pressed. “
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Rishi Sunak was then asked if the UK would leave the European Court of Human Rights.
He says, “Possibly we would have to, and no option would be ruled out. “
Mr Sunak adds that we want to move away from the ECHR’s ‘definition of asylum’ and use a ‘narrower and stricter’ definition.
Rishi Sunak claimed that corporate tax is not the “right tax to focus on. “
On what he will do to grow businesses, the former foreign minister said: “We had this debate about corporate tax. I don’t need to limit myself to the failed policies of the past. That’s what other people suggest. It worked. “
“If we want corporations to invest in the economy, expand their factories, install more lines, produce more things, so we create more jobs. This is how we lower inflation, if corporations produce more. stuff. “
He added: “Focusing on corporate tax has not achieved this goal. Investment in this economy today is no greater than it was ten years ago, even though we’re doing all those things in corporate tax.
“Because it’s not the right tax. And that’s where my delight in business, my time as chancellor, my conversations with corporations led me to the conclusion that we want to be much more radical.
“We want to reform corporate taxes to reduce them on the things that make a difference. And that’s business investment, business innovation. If we put those tax cuts in place, then we can have those businesses grow, grow, create jobs and thrive and crucially reduce inflation. “
The footage below captures the moment when young Green New Deal Rising activists interrupted Liz Truss as she spoke in the stands in Eastbourne.
Rishi Sunak now faces questions in tonight’s Conservative leadership race in Eastbourne.
Asked how he will win a fifth term for the Conservative Party, Sunak said the “first thing” is “to have solved this inflationary challenge until then. “
He added: “That’s why I’m concerned about policies that threaten to make it worse and prolong it.
“It’s a challenge that’s not just for this winter, it’s also for next winter, and beyond. “
However, according to Sunak, his leadership, inflation will be controlled.
She goes on to mention NHS reform, making sure our schools “make the envy of the world” and making sure the streets are for women.
Liz Truss is then asked how protests can be balanced with free speech and free speech.
She says she “totally agrees” with both, adding: “What I believe is when Extinction Rebellion activists stick to trains and disrupt commuters who go about their business.
“Similarly, I agree with a nonviolent demonstration, but the scenario we had in Parliament Square with a lot of people camping in tents for weeks is not the same as a nonviolent demonstration.
“For me, I have the freedom to do whatever you want, as long as you don’t harm others. That’s the basic concept for me. “
However, he now says there is “deliberately disruptive” behavior.
It turns out that Liz Truss interrupted through “someone who shouldn’t have a microphone. “
It is not known if he is a member of the same protest organization as before.
She says, “I take it as a compliment that I am like that with Extinction Rebellion. “
Liz Truss pointed out her “teenage mistakes,” being a member of the Liberal Democrats in her youth.
She says, “I had a dubious afterlife: I was a member of the Liberal Democrats.
“We’ve all had teenage mistakes and it’s mine.
“Some other people had sex, drugs and rock and roll, me in the liberal Democrats. “
However, Ms. Truss says she is conservative “because I met other like-minded people and I think I believed in what they were talking about. “