Facts

• A UK Conservative Party Leadership debate between Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak was cut short on Tues. when Kate McCann, the debate's presenter, fainted live on-air. It was later confirmed that she wasn't hurt.^[1]
• Before the incident, the candidates faced scrutiny over a failing NHS and an intensifying cost-of-living crisis. Sunak pledged to introduce a £12B tax to fund social care as PM, with Truss saying a tax would be "morally wrong" as people are struggling.^[2]
• The second debate between the two also touched on China and PRC-owned companies such as TikTok, with Sunak calling for a clampdown on Confucius Institutes in the UK and Truss accusing Sunak of only being a recent convert to fighting Chinese companies.^[3]
• According to a YouGov poll of Tory Party members - the group who will be electing the next PM - former Foreign Sec. Truss performed the best overall, outperforming her opponent in every category but one.^[4]
• Whoever inherits the premiership will face a host of challenges, including delivering Brexit, managing rampant inflation and stagnating wages, and controversial immigration policies.^[5]
• The conservative rivals have several weeks to campaign before around 200K Conservative party members elect the next UK leader by postal vote, with the winning candidate automatically becoming prime minister.^[6]