Politics

Elaine Byrne: Bad news for Ireland as Truss and Sunak don the Thatcherite mantle

A dirty and derisory Tory leadership contest has seen both candidates summoning up the spirit of the Iron Lady, which spells even more polarised politics ahead

Tory leadership hopefuls Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak: this is a deeply dirty contest which has been characterised by backroom briefing wars, ugly leaks and dossiers of compromising allegations against rivals. Picture: Getty