With a week to go until a new prime minister enters 10 Downing Street, the frontrunner Liz Truss has been criticised so far for limiting her media appearances – instead focussing on meeting the membership and making plans for government. So her decision to belatedly agree to a BBC interview with Nick Robinson won her praise. As the former BBC political editor wrote in this week’s Spectator: ‘[Viewers] want to see and hear their leaders questioned, challenged and tested about the decisions which shape their lives. Credit to Truss and Sunak for agreeing to just that.’
Alas, it appears Robinson spoke too soon. This evening the BBC has announced that Truss has pulled out of the interview which was scheduled for prime time on Tuesday evening. A BBC spokesperson said:
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