Conservative leadership hopeful Tom Tugendhat has faced an intense grilling from GB News political editor Christopher Hope at the conference in Birmingham today.
The Tonbridge MP said: “For me, my entire life has been about public service. You’ve been somebody who asks questions, I’ve been somebody who tries to answer them.
“I’ve spent 25 years serving the country in different ways. I’ve served on operations in Iraq and Afghanistan as you know, I’ve been sanctioned personally for standing up to tyrants…
“I’m sanctioned by Russia, I’m sanctioned by China, I’m sanctioned by Iran. I’m working on North Korea, I’m working on Venezuela.”