Liz Truss has branded Nicola Sturgeon an 'attention seeker' and said the best way of dealing with her is to 'ignore her'
During the hustings event Ms Truss also ruled out making changes to hunting laws, said she was "prepared to break eggs" in taking on Treasury and Whitehall orthodoxy, and pledged to defend free speech.
He said: "If you look at my plans going forward, yes, of course I want to be responsible in managing inflation - that's the sensible Conservative thing to do, but, gosh, do I want to be radical about how we grow this economy. "I want to reform the corporate tax system ... Liz Truss's policies on corporate taxation are exactly the failed Treasury orthodoxy of the last 10 years, which hasn't worked. I want to change it and grow the economy."In a varied series of questions from party members - who will decide the next PM - the former chancellor was also pressed on what he would do if not a politician.
She said: "I could have remained undeclared, I could be off sipping pina coladas right now but I'm not because this is too important and I'm not going to leave this to chance."Ms Mordaunt noted choosing between the two candidates is hard, adding: "Who can lead? Who can build that team and deliver for our country? Who does have that bold economic plan that our nation needs?
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