Tory MP Penny Mourdant has caused a stir in Sunday’s papers over her confession at our Parliamentarian of the Year awards that she said ‘cock’ in Parliament as a bet with her colleagues in the Royal Navy, where she serves as a reservist.
As winner of our Speech of the Year award, Mourdant clearly has a way with words. Here are her top five gags (so far):
1. Caring for your kit in the field
One of the highlights of her award-winning Loyal Speech earlier this year was a gag about her Royal Navy training:
‘I have benefited from some excellent training by the Royal Navy but on one occasion I felt it was not as bespoke as it might have been. Fascinating through it was, I felt that he lecture and demonstration on how to care for your penis and testicles in the field failed to appreciate that some of us attending had been issued with the incorrect kit.’
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