This is the full text of Penny Mordaunt’s Tory leadership campaign launch:
We’ve got to stave off a recession, we’ve got huge expectations to deliver on with Brexit, and we have new burdens to shoulder
Over the past few days, I have been engaged in a form of speed dating with my colleagues. I’ve learnt a lot. I know that some of them were councillors before they came into parliament, they ran businesses, they worked with the voluntary sector, some of them are still pulling shifts in the NHS or with our armed forces, and many are veterans.
They want to serve others. And when I meet people like that I wonder what it was that made them step up and take responsibility, to serve and make a difference. Was it a life experience or an inspirational person that instilled that love and pride in their country? And when did they start to feel that way?
For me, I can remember exactly where it was.
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