How well did the Tory leadership candidates do in the second TV debate? | Andrew Sparrow's verdict

Analysis: the candidates' pitches are evolving but the ITV debate was not enough to move the dial

Sometimes in TV debates there are clear winners. It often happens in the first debate of a series, when viewers do not know what to expect, and it happened last week, when Rishi Sunak and Tom Tugendhat clearly made a better impression than the others. That was the consensus commentariat view, but also the finding of a snap poll too.

But mostly debates just confirm impressions that are already fairly well lodged in the minds of people who already have a view on the candidates.