Penny Mordant's bid for leadership is surely over

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Her obfuscation over her views on the trans issue in a long and rather disingenuous twitter thread earlier has brought a "senior Whitehall official," incensed by the perceived duplicity, out to say this:

"A senior Whitehall official gets in touch about Mordaunt and the maternity bill. “She fought AGAINST the change to ‘women’. The way she’s trying to rewrite history to suit her is despicable. While she’s supposedly campaigning on character and values. can’t believe the hypocrisy”

twitter.com/ShippersUnbound/status/1546158477738971138

We all could see when it was happening it was only the steadfastness of the Lords that got the words woman and mother back in to the legislation.

On top of the that she used footage of the late Jo Cox rather cynically earlier too in a bout of self-promotion.

She has no judgement at all and her relationship with the truth seems rather strained. As the first comment in the thread says this is surely her Andrea Leadsom moment.

Penny Mordaunt should step-down before she does any more damage.

Mordaunt is out.

Whilst I’m none too keen on the other two candidates it’s a relief Mordaunt is out

Thank Fuck.
I don't like Truss or Sunak (not a Tory) but I hate that fucking liar

We think it’s all over! It is now! Apologies to football fans everywhere….

Good riddance. I hope we helped sway it and no one sprouting such shite as 'transwomen are women' is ever elected as Prime Minister

Great news

Well done to anyone who didn’t want TWAW views in leadership

I have mixed feelings over Truss going forward and by current estimations, likely to win against Sunak. I just shake my head at the thought of Truss as PM.

But I would have been more unnerved by Mordaunt being in Truss's place. The government's position on trans issues would then have turned into whatever would get Mourdant a short-term advantage, and I dread to think which lobbying she'd have paid most attention to.

Indeed, @bellinisurge. The blatant lying was on another scale. She was supposed to plough a different path from Johnson, not emulate him.

Cant stand Truss and Sunak either.

I heard a view today that Labour would try to take the centre ground at next GE

Fine by me as I’ll vote either way if central but I’m glad there’s an alternative on self ID issue if Labour go for it

The relief! Yes, Truss is a risk, but Mordaunt would have been a disaster.

Imagine the Cabinet if she’d got it. The Four Horsemen of the Acrapolypse: Mordaunt, Nokes, Miller, Kearns.

No, thank you.

Delighted. Obfuscation such as she attempted should always be punished. Same applies to Starmer of course

Good news. Lucky escape for the UK.

Now, will the Tories go after Labour on the one thing they are vulnerable on: women's rights.

the 'penny' is dropping that Women's rights are far from a side issue!

Maybe it is a side issue to many of the MPs who voted. But even as such, if it was decisive enough to swing the vote for a handful, it will have been a factor that sunk Mordaunt's bid for leadership.

Elections tend to be won by getting on side the small number of swing voters.

I remember a TRA scoffing on here we were small fry and Starmer (or anyone) wouldn’t be worried about us

More fool anyone who doesn’t listen to women when trying to have a political career

Thank
Fuck
For
That

Phew! Thank goodness Mordant is gone as a contender and hopefully for good. Good Riddance. Telling the truth really does matter.

Just adding this to this thread as it may be relevant.
www.google.com/amp/s/www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11204029/amp/Tory-MP-Penny-Mordaunts-brother-avoids-jail-admitting-sending-sex-images-decoy-schoolgirl.html

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11204029/Tory-MP-Penny-Mordaunts-brother-avoids-jail-admitting-sending-sex-images-decoy-schoolgirl.html

And this one:

www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/crime/educated-leeds-pervert-targeted-young-girls-over-the-net-3837774

Apparently it was Edward Mordaunt himself who raised the issue of his sister being Penny Mordaunt and that influenced the CPS. I think the judge dismissed that notion?

Might be how the press got hold of it though.

And let's not forget that Penny Mordaunt has another brother who was engaged to TRA David Paisley.

Yep, quite the family.

She used to boast about bringing them up when it suited her. In an interview with Sky I think. I'll see if I can find the link.