Penny Mordaunt – ‘I’m not being drawn into the detail’
Penny Mordaunt found herself in an awkward position this morning as she faced off against Laura Kuenssberg. With a lot of ground to make up before nominations close for the Conservative party leadership on Monday, Mordaunt’s interview could well serve as a crucial moment in the success or failure of her campaign. Kuenssberg repeatedly asked her for some (indeed, any) details on spending pledges, but unfortunately her answers proved to be light on content:
Steve Baker – Boris Johnson would be ‘a guaranteed disaster’
Meanwhile, if Boris Johnson thought that MPs would be rolling out the red carpet for him as he raced back from his holiday in the Dominican Republic, he had another thing coming.
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