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Penny Mordaunt joins Tory leadership bid

Trade minister Penny Mordaunt has just announced her candidacy in the race to replace Boris Johnson.

Announcing the move on Twitter, Mordaunt said: “Our leadership has to change. It needs to become a little less about the leader and a lot more about the ship.”

Our leadership has to change. It needs to become a little less about the leader and a lot more about the ship. https://t.co/2O8T762DMT #pm4pm pic.twitter.com/Cib1w0sPBO

— Penny Mordaunt (@PennyMordaunt) July 10, 2022

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With the barely concealed intention to win over red wall voters, Tory leadership candidate Jeremy Hunt has said he would make Esther McVey his deputy prime minister if he succeeds.

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Speaking on BBC’s Sunday Morning, he likened the Tatton MP to John Prescott as Tony Blair’s deputy.

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“I also recognise that the leader of a political party has to win elections, and that means a broad appeal, so just as Tony Blair had John Prescott to broaden his appeal as his deputy prime minister, I will have Esther McVey as my deputy prime minister,” he said.

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“She has won a lot of elections against Labour in the north, I have won them against Lib Dems in the south and I think we will be a formidable campaigning team.”

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