Articles tagged Penny Mordaunt:
Why I am Endorsing Penny Mordaunt
- 20 Oct 2022
This article first appeared on Telegraph Online So Liz Truss becomes the third female Conservative leader to be effectively toppled by her own MPs. When Margaret Thatcher left Number 10 on that November day 32 years ago, she said: “We leave the country in a far better ...
Will Liz Truss Read the Writing on the Wall? And Other Pertinent Questions
- 15 Oct 2022
Friday turned out not to be the end for Liz Truss. But it did mark the beginning of the end. And rightly so. I have no idea why people are surprised. Right from the start of the leadership contest I said she was not fit for the job. She is a terrible communicator and has a tin...
The Penny Mordaunt Profile (Long Read Version)
- 29 Aug 2019
Back in July I filed a profile of Penny Mordaunt, the then Defence Secretary, to the Sunday Times magazine. It appeared in the 21 July edition and you can read it HERE. Three days later, she was summarily sacked from her job much to everyone's surprise, including mine. I thoug...
Telegraph Column: Who Will Back Who in the Tory Leadership Race?
- 31 Mar 2019
This article first appeared in the Sunday Telegraph. The task for any leadership candidate is to knock their competitors out one by one. They each need to emerge as the leader of their ‘tribe’. Let’s start with the tribe of ‘hard Brexiteers’. Boris Johnson has been a...
If It's a Choice Between This Awful Brexit Deal and Remaining in the EU, This is What I'd Do...
- 14 Nov 2018
I’ve been debating with myself since last night whether to write this, but in the end I have to, otherwise I become just as supine as those Cabinet ministers who will no doubt find yet another reason to cling onto their jobs today and not do what their consciences tell them th...