‘Does it still matter?’ Tory peer stuns Burley as he warns Brexit not party’s main concern

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Kay Burley questioned whether Brexit would continue to dominate the debate as Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak vie to take over 10 Downing Street from Boris Johnson. Lord Hayward warned “surprise” issues would likely take centre stage as the EU issue has widely been settled among Conservative members. Brexit has resurfaced during the early leadership debate as Mr Sunak repeatedly challenged Liz Truss over her support for Remain during the referendum campaign.

The Sky News presenter said: “We still hear about Brexit and I know Rishi Sunak was having a pop at Liz Truss about her being a former Remainer.

“Does it matter anymore or are we all Brexiteers now?”

Lord Hayward replied: “The level of factionalism re Brexit has diminished from previous leadership elections.

“You can say the obvious ones are the economy and taxation.”

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He continued: “But I think it’s likely there will be surprise issues.

“You covered the fires, funding of the fire service, funding of the health service if there’s a particular crisis in some form or another, will suddenly become centre stage.

“And therefore the next few weeks are going to be highly unpredictable because it will be responsive to what are the major news stories of that particular week.

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