Penny Mordaunt, the Conservative MP for Portsmouth North, become the second women in the Queen’s reign to give the Loyal Address — Parliament’s formal thanks to the Monarch for her speech — this afternoon. It’s a fantastic speech, full of gags which had the House in stitches.
As James remarked, Tory associations will be queueing up to book her for after dinner speeches. Listen to the audio in full here:
Don’t have time for the whole thing? Here are the highlights:
Mordaunt was one of two women involved in the Loyal Address – it was seconded by Lib Dem Annette Brooke. Are the two the ‘Thelma and Louise’ of the Parliament? No: ‘Unlike a 1966 Thunderbird, this coalition is right-hand drive’.
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