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Sky News has announced that it won\u2019t be airing its Conservative leadership debate<\/a> after candidates Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss recently pulled out of the event.<\/p>\n Kay Burley was set to host the debate, which was originally scheduled to air on Sky News tomorrow evening.<\/p>\n John Ryley, Head of Sky News, said in a statement: \u201cSky News has campaigned for an independent commission to organise the running of TV debates between leaders of Britain\u2019s main parties.<\/p>\n \u201cSky News and other broadcasters worked successfully together on televised leadership debates ahead of the 2010 general election.\u201d<\/p>\n More to follow\u2026<\/em><\/p> If you\u2019re looking for something else to watch, check out our<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong>TV Guide<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n The latest issue of Radio Times magazine is on sale now \u2013\u00a0subscribe now<\/a>\u00a0and get the next 12 issues for only \u00a31. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to the\u00a0Radio Times podcast<\/a> with Jane Garvey.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/body><\/html>\n By Lauren Morris Published: Monday, 18 July 2022 at 12:00 am Sky News has announced that it won\u2019t be airing its Conservative leadership debate after candidates Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss recently pulled out of the event. Kay Burley was set to host the debate, which was originally scheduled to air on Sky News tomorrow […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":18671,"template":"","categories":[1,5],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/07\/sky-news-cancels-conservative-leadership-debate-after-candidates-pull-out.jpg",2459,1639,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/07\/sky-news-cancels-conservative-leadership-debate-after-candidates-pull-out-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/07\/sky-news-cancels-conservative-leadership-debate-after-candidates-pull-out-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/07\/sky-news-cancels-conservative-leadership-debate-after-candidates-pull-out-768x512.jpg",768,512,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/07\/sky-news-cancels-conservative-leadership-debate-after-candidates-pull-out-1024x683.jpg",800,534,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/07\/sky-news-cancels-conservative-leadership-debate-after-candidates-pull-out-1536x1024.jpg",1536,1024,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/07\/sky-news-cancels-conservative-leadership-debate-after-candidates-pull-out-2048x1365.jpg",2048,1365,true]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"By Lauren Morris Published: Monday, 18 July 2022 at 12:00 am Sky News has announced that it won\u2019t be airing its Conservative leadership debate after candidates Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss recently pulled out of the event. Kay Burley was set to host the debate, which was originally scheduled to air on Sky News tomorrow…","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/18670"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18671"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18670"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18670"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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