TV clash between Sunak and Truss halted after host fainted on air

Liz Truss and Rushi Sunak with host TalkTV Political Editor Kate McCann at TalkTV’s Ealing Studios (PA/Dominic Lipinski)

The second TV clash between Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss was dramatically halted and subsequently cancelled after host Kate McCann fainted live on air.

The Tory leadership debate, broadcast on TalkTV, was just over halfway through before a loud noise interrupted the Foreign Secretary who, holding her hands to her face, said: “oh my God.”