The field will be narrowed again on Monday evening for candidates vying to be the UK’s next prime minister.
One of the five Conservative leadership hopefuls is expected to be eliminated in the third ballot following two televised debates on Friday and Sunday.
But the third televised debate planned for Tuesday has been canceled after two contenders, Foreign Secretary Liz Truss and former Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak, said they didn’t want to take part.
Sky News, the network that was meant to host the debate, said in a statement that “Conservative MPs are said to be concerned about the damage the debates are doing to the image of the Conservative Party, exposing disagreements and splits within the party.”…