Penny Mordaunt thinks we're stupid. Her thread on Twitter...

I have a vote and I’m in ‘the (almost) anyone but Penny’ camp right now.

She’s either thick or duplicitous and my money’s on the latter. I’ll be horrified if she’s in the final two that we get to choose between.

Mordaunt has been accused by officials of not meeting her responsibilities as a trade minister in order to focus on her leadership campaign for the last six months. Embarrassing, given how amateurish her video was.

@Ohnohedident I would vote for Kemi - She has the intelligence, the vision, and the guts that we need right now. Clearly a strong willed character and nobody's fool. I think she'd offer a very clear contrast to Labour at the next GE, when the country gets to vote.

I understand people worried about the experience. I was at first, especially the economy, but just found out she was, I think, chief secretary to the Treasury at one point? She's GC as well, and much more pragmatic than Suella Braverman, who wants to get rid of the EHCR.

Penny Mordaunt seems to be doing very well in terms of support from the party.

It's the audio from the Penny Mordaunt video over The Day Today video.

Julie Bindel backs Kemi.

@Ohnohedident

As a member you’ll only be able to vote for one of the two leading candidates.

I love Kemi but not sure if I should vote for her or Javid? Kemi is very new to politics.

So, hang on, is this the spoof or the real thing?

Surely this is not the actual ad?

Its nuts 😂

He hasn't got a clue. No, women won't go away and shut up, because a bunch of clueless men haven't bothered to find out about GRA Reform, Self ID and its impacts on women, Gay and Bisexual People and Children.

This statement really pissed me off:

"his tortured demeanour of “can’t this question just go away and leave me alone?” probably captures the broad public mood far better than pitiless, declamatory clarity in either direction."

No Dear, when you are trying to reduce women to second class citizenship, belittle homosexuality so lesbians are subjected to coercive sexual misconduct, and teenagers are convinced to sterilise themselves, and lop off physically healthy body parts, its not bloody going away!

I didn't see it,but a lot of people were commenting that it seemed in poor taste ,was like an episode of Brass Eye

The problem it seems, is that Penny and her supporters think her "liberal" views will appeal to young people. Just like Labour, the SNP, the LibDems, and indeed organisations like the BBC.

Trouble is that when it comes to general elections older people tend to vote for grown ups and younger people tend not to turn out. And one day these younger voters will become older and wiser and realise they were gaslit.

Those commenting in the Times do though!

Have read the Times today and listened to the BBC - very little mention of Mordaunt, it's all Sunak, Truss, possibly Patel.

Interesting.

Hugo Rifkind is also talkign about PM in the Times:
www.thetimes.co.uk/article/2d5a8c6c-014e-11ed-b6cf-11c9befa6098?shareToken=9f25081236814c664d918befca87d38b

I don't think he grasps the issue really.

And that from the Independent too!

‘Penny Mordaunt ducked & ran… ‘
.., tells you all you need to know doesn’t it?!

😭

The Polls are from Conservative Home, I think everyone should get in on the letter writing to their MP's who are Tory, reminding them that Penny Mordaunt tried to erase the word mother and woman from the Maternity Allowance Bill, and is being called out by Suella Braverman on this.

We're currently getting rid of one MP for his lack of integrity, Tories would do well not to elect another MP who's also a consistent liar, and wants to form policy that will impact loads of women because her brother is Trans Activist.

twitter.com/SebastianEPayne/status/1546178383335362561?s=20&t=i4YqhdkMW0wRRmpsfm9ldg

That’s Twitter though. A while different world in there.

Twitter showing a range of polls putting Mordaunt first.

Worrying.

She shifted office and still managed to shoehorn Trans agenda into her departments. She stayed in the Conservative government, promoting TWAW at every opportunity.

I have to say I'm a bit at FWR regulars not knowing this.

The Mumsnet webchat demonstrates that it isn't just the TWAW parroting that is Penny's problem.
As I recall, she was supposed to answer questions specifically about women, many of them not about trans at all.
First she refused to appear, then she sent in something that looked like a junior had scribbled it down.
She was invited because, at the time, she was Women and Equalities minister (though I think she may have lost that office by the time her answers appeared).