Penny Mordaunt

2022 - 10 - 21

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Penny Mordaunt becomes 1st to announce UK leadership bid (Anadolu Agency)

Currently leading House of Commons, Mordaunt, 49, came 3rd in last leadership election - Anadolu Agency.

[Anadolu Agency website contains only a portion of the news stories offered to subscribers in the AA News Broadcasting System (HAS), and in summarized form. Mordaunt came third in that contest. In this scenario, the new leader of the Conservative Party, and in turn, prime minister of the country, will be announced next Friday.

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Live news updates: Tories slide further in polls amid leadership turmoil (Financial Times)

UK regulators have fined Barclays £50mn for allegedly “failing to disclose certain arrangements” about the bank's controversial Qatari fundraising fourteen ...

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Fact Check-Tweet supporting Penny Mordaunt for PM misinterpreted ... (Reuters India)

A tweet interpreted by social media users to be an official campaign advert calling for Penny Mordaunt to be Britain's next prime minister is not connected ...

[here](https://twitter.com/OneIsAmused/status/1583089401847943168)) : “Your performance standing in for Truss during the urgent question, showed you as cold, sneering and condescending. Her official account is [here](https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10160187813114941&set=a.10150175115684941), [here](https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=419746077008331&set=a.245073901142217) and [here](https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10160281658541635&set=a.10155390019376635)). [here](https://twitter.com/pennymordauntpm/status/1583077277079740418)), which has amassed more than 1,500 shares, was uploaded by an account named ‘Penny Mordaunt for PM’ and reads: “This is make or break time. We need to get our act together, deliver for the country and win the next General Election. [here](https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/uk-pm-truss-threatens-disciplinary-action-against-rebel-lawmakers-2022-10-20/)).

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Penny Mordaunt moves first in race to replace Liz Truss (BBC News)

Penny Mordaunt has become the first Conservative MP to say they will run to replace Liz Truss as prime minister. The Commons leader said she was standing to ...

Contenders have until 2pm on Monday to find 100 backers. MPs will hold an "indicative" ballot of the final two, with the winner then decided in an online vote of party members to finish on Friday next week. After Liz Truss, and in the middle of a crisis, are Conservative MPs in the mood to go for another untested leader? Ms Mordaunt currently trails them both, with only 19 public supporters. So moving early may be a way of trying to lock in some of those before others join the race. Rishi Sunak is yet to confirm he is standing, but he has already amassed 78 of the 100 endorsements from MPs he would need to take part.

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Penny Mordaunt to stand for Conservative leadership (The Guardian)

Mordaunt, a former defence secretary, was ousted from the year's first Tory leadership contest in the fifth round, losing out to Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss.

She previously came third in the last leadership contest behind Truss and Sunak in second place. Mordaunt is not considered the frontrunner but has about 19 public endorsements. Mordaunt, a former defence secretary, was ousted from the year’s first Tory leadership contest in the fifth round, losing out to Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss.

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Penny Mordaunt Runs as the Tories' Goldilocks Candidate (Bloomberg)

Her colleagues passed on her offer to lead the party last time around. This time, the former trade secretary has a lot more to offer.

Now the Tories are getting a second look the potential leader they passed over this summer. On Friday, Mordaunt became the first Tory to declare her candidacy saying she would offer “a fresh start, a united party and leadership in the national interest.” This time around, her role could be pivotal to the outcome of the race. [Penny Mordaunt](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10891147/Penny-Mordaunt-declined-reveal-backed-Boris-Johnson-no-confidence-vote.html) said in June, as Boris Johnson’s days as prime minister were nearing an end.

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Little-known Penny Mordaunt in running for UK Prime Minister (Newshub)

When Liz Truss was asked to come to parliament to explain the sacking of her good friend and finance minister, she sent Penny Mordaunt in her place, ...

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Penny Mordaunt Runs as the Tories' Goldilocks Candidate (The Washington Post)

Her colleagues passed on her offer to lead the party last time around. This time, the former trade secretary has a lot more to offer.

Look to Mordaunt for the answer. Yet the animosity between the Johnson and Sunak camps makes a Mordaunt candidacy appealing for many. It was a set-piece moment of high drama and with the world watching, she proved perfect for the task. Mordaunt’s support tanked, Liz Truss overtook her to reach the final two of the contest and the rest is history. Mordaunt emerged as a dark horse candidate in the race to succeed Johnson when polling showed she was the most popular among Tory members. In the wake of the disastrous Liz Truss premiership, that proved more prescient than she could know.

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British minister Penny Mordaunt announces bid to be next UK PM (Reuters)

British minister Penny Mordaunt on Friday launched her bid to replace Liz Truss as prime minister, becoming the first Conservative lawmaker to formally ...

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Mordaunt Bids to Lead UK by Showing Tories What They Missed (Bloomberg)

Penny Mordaunt stood in for UK Prime Minister Liz Truss temporarily in the House of Commons on Monday. Now she wants the job full time.

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Penny Mordaunt hopes to work her magic in second leadership bid (Dudley News)

Long before she sought to replace Boris Johnson, let alone his successor, Penny Mordaunt had been tipped as a potential challenger for the Tory…

A Navy reservist, she became the first woman to serve as Defence Secretary. Ms Mordaunt will be hoping to work her magic to make it second time lucky as she enters the fray once again. She will now be able to cite her tenure as Commons Leader – albeit short-lived – as she sets her sights on Downing Street once more.

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'Who's she?': constituents react to Penny Mordaunt's Tory leadership ... (The Guardian)

Penny Mordaunt may have been the MP for Portsmouth North for 12 years, and could perhaps be the next prime minister, but some of her constituents were ...

“He actually did things and saw things through,” she said. “I didn’t think she would hang in there for as long as she did.” “I don’t necessarily agree with everything he says, but he does actually seem to believe in what he says and wants to follow through on it.” “I definitely expected her to resign, I thought she would be ousted before she resigned, honestly,” he said. “It’s about bloody time,” he said. I don’t know nothing about her,” said James McLeish, who added he would not recognise her if she passed him on the street.

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Penny Mordaunt enters race for next UK PM as Boris Johnson eyes ... (SBS)

Liz Truss's resignation triggered a contest to quickly replace her as Conservative Party leader. The new party leader will become prime minister - Britain's ...

"He's going to fly back. While Mr Sunak and Johnson are yet to formally declare, the contest is widely expected to be a three-way race between them and Mordaunt, who is the cabinet minister in charge of the House of Commons. 'We are going to do this. But Mr Wallace added that Johnson still had "some questions to answer" over the multiple scandals, which resulted in a yet-to-launch investigation in the House of Commons. But Mr Johnson was said to be cutting short a Caribbean holiday to take part in the accelerated contest, which will see Tory MPs hold a vote on Monday before a possible online ballot for the members next week. Ms Mordaunt, who just missed out on making the final runoff after Johnson quit, said she was running for "a fresh start, a united party and leadership in the national interest".

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