Tag: Penny Mordaunt

Penny Mordaunt was forced to step in and cover for the prime minister, who is nowhere to be seen following today's dramatic U-turn.

“So the choice for my colleagues and for us is as party is simple: Back Liz or get Keir Starmer, hand-in-hand with Nicola Sturgeon," Suella Braverman said.

In a significant intervention, the Leader of the House of Commons backed increasing welfare payments to keep pace with soaring inflation.

Huw Edwards praised the interview, saying it is a fact that the UK *did* have a veto and Turkey's hopes of joining the EU are "more remote than ever".

"Alice in Wonderland. We’re in for even more serious trouble if this woman becomes PM. Cynical beyond belief. "

"And still arguing she was right. She's a female version of Boris," wrote one person as Mordaunt stands by her past claims about the EU.

"I can't believe the country is now at the point of having a Prime Minister who was on the reality TV show, Splash. Are all the Tories on glue?"

She is the first candidate to go odds-on in the next Conservative Party leader betting, according to William Hill.

Sir Graham Brady has announced the eight contenders who will be on the ballot paper when Tory MPs begin voting on Wednesday.