So did David Cameron’s personality come through?
This video is doing the rounds on Twitter. Liz Truss, the environment secretary, is quizzed by a Bloomberg journalist on how he performed in the debate – which he did not attend.
Although David Cameron is thought to have refused to take part in the debate, which was in his absence rebranded as a “Challenger Debate”, he deployed two secretaries of state and No.10 aides to the spin room nevertheless.