Penny Mordaunt launches slick campaign video

Penny Mordaunt launches campaign video

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Penny Mordaunt, Conservative MP and leadership hopeful, has sought to connect with voters with a slick new campaign video. Ms Mordaunt is the only candidate so far to officially enter the race. However, Rishi Sunak and Boris Johnson, who have both remained quiet on the leadership front, have amassed more support among Tory MPs than Ms Mordaunt.

Ms Mordaunt’s video, released earlier this morning, seeks to show “the real me” to voters.

In the two-minute-long clip, Ms Mordaunt retraces her origins in Portsmouth and her political principles.

She hails Portsmouth as a “patriotic and passionate” place which taught her “a lot”.

The MP adds: “People in Portsmouth enjoy a pie and a pint, and frankly so do I.”

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In her closing remarks, she tells viewers: “I joined the Conservative Party because I believed in its principles and its values.

“There are many people out there who think they know me, like they think they know you.

“But ask yourself, do they understand the life you live? Have they experienced it?

“Will they make that experience count? I have and I will.”

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Conservative commentator and LBC host Iain Dale tweeted out his official endorsement of Ms Mordaunt this morning.

Mr Dale responded to the video: “This isn’t just a good bit of PR. This is the Penny I know. It’s the real her.”

However, a few on social media criticised the video, with @unionprof1 joking that the clip resembled something “written and directed by Alan Partridge”.

@hgrayson87 tweeted: “‘Hi everyone I like pies and pints I’m just like you!!'”

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According to the latest estimates, Ms Mordaunt has just 23 backers among Tory MPs.

In contrast, Rishi Sunak has around 103 – having already surpassed the 100 backers needed to qualify as a candidate in the race – while Boris Johnson lags behind on roughly 60 MPs

Mr Johnson’s return to No10 received a boost today as his former home secretary Priti Patel backed him, saying he has a “track record of getting big decisions right”.

The former PM’s plane landed in London Gatwick this morning, following a flight that was tracked by around 7,000 users of the FlightRadar24 website.

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