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After Boris Johnson resigned as Prime Minister, everyone has been hedging their bets over who they think is going to become the next PM. And amongst the well-known candidates - Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss - is the 'dark horse' of the leadership race: MP for Portsmouth North, Penny Mordaunt.
But what else is there to know about the latest candidate to throw her hat in the ring to become the leader of the Tory party with the slogan: 'PM4PM' ? Keep reading for everything you need to know about Penny Mordaunt...After the outrage that erupted when Angela Rayner was accused of a '' in the Commons earlier this year, you would think political reporting would have learnt something about swerving misogyny.
Mordaunt’s voting record shows that she is very pro military force, having consistently voted for use of UK military forces in combat operations overseas – including military action against ISIS. Socially, Mordaunt has supported equal gay rights and same-sex marriage. On climate change, she has generally voted against measures to prevent it, gave her support to sell off England’s state-owned forests and for culling badgers, for a high-speed rail infrastructure and to increase the price of rail travel more speedily.
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