In an often-repeated line of her leadership campaign, Ms Truss said she saw “first hand how children were failed and let down by low expectations” during her comprehensive state schooling in Leeds.
It comes as Boris Johnson's plans to flood the House of Lords with dozens of cronies could "undermine public confidence in our parliamentary system."
“It’s not us who are the aggressors; we have zero interest in fighting a so-called culture war," Rishi Sunak said as he appered to battle with 'left-wing agitators.'
"Prime Ministers are not elected as agony aunts: we don’t need to hear their domestic eco-tips any more than their personal wellness ideas for managing NHS waiting lists. What the public needs is to hear how the next Prime Minister will tackle the climate crisis head-on.”
And the winner of the leadership debate once again was... Labour.
It comes as over ten thousand Conservative members have signed a petition demanding Boris Johnson is added to Tory leadership race ballot paper.
"If they can’t stand each other, who else would stand them?" wrote Labour's Angela Rayner in response to the Tory row.
"Remarkable own goals being scored all over the place by Tories. But this image. Wow," tweeted Joylon Rubinstein.
The long-time critic of the Prime Minister will no longer be able to vote in the Conservative leadership election.