Penny Mordaunt silences Labour MP over Diane Abbott row in scathing Commons takedown

Commons Leader Penny Mordaunt ripped into the Opposition amid a Conservative donor row.
The Commons Leader said Sir Keir Starmer's party should commit to returning funding from donors who have made controversial remarks if it were "sincere" in its criticism of Conservative backer Frank Hester.
She was responding to shadow Commons leader Lucy Powell who if she would use funding from the businessman in her own election campaign.
#pennymordaunt
#labour
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[@Menace-rc2ex]

When is Abbott going to be interviewed by the police? for her racist comments? if not why not

[@user-xu9ib9cd6d]

She said nothing about shooting. No threats

[@pennywise146]

@@user-xu9ib9cd6dNo….look at the words….he posted about Abbots “racist comments”…..he didn’t mention anything about ‘violent comments’….you must pay attention and stop posting emotional retorts!

[@gnosticbrian3980]

@@user-xu9ib9cd6dBut Abbott did say that that blonde & blue-eyed Finnish nurses could not treat black Britons.

[@user-xu9ib9cd6d]

He also made racist comments about Indians as reported in the guardian newspaper

[@paulbutler7075]

​@user-xu9ib9cd6d That's not an offence, these comments were made FIVE years ago

[@maureenkeaing9232]

This woman is brilliant

[@colinstewart173]

No Tories are brilliant

[@mda5003]

@@colinstewart173Maybe not but I'm sure she will soon replace Sunak.

[@Spike-yc5gx]

Agreed. They dropped her for Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak. Crazy.

[@stevebaker6149]

​@@colinstewart173You forgot the comma.

[@colinstewart173]

@@stevebaker6149 No I’m happy with what I wrote. Just for you then I’ll put it a different way. No such thing as a brilliant Tory. Got it now?

[@darklight6931]

Well said, Penny . Once again calling out Labour’s seemingly endless hypocrisy!

[@pedrothewise2584]

parrot.

[@_TB808]

Talk to me about the 40 years of Tory rule that has got us where we are? Go on. I dare you to blame labour for the mess we're in. I'm waiting... (And yes I include Blair).

[@darklight6931]

@@_TB808 Seriously? Are you genuinely asking this question? Are you so far left that you meet yourself coming back from the right? Don’t throw down this question as if you have some imaginary high ground! Don’t pretend you are speaking from some position of moral authority! You are VERY clearly the type of person that helped land us in this moral cesspit - of Labour’s making - that we find ourselves in today! I am going to guess that you see people like Angela Rayner and Diane Abbot as credible politicians? While the remainder of us see them as little more than disruptive simpletons … And YES … I absolutely blame Labour for the moral wasteland that we find ourselves in.

[@DorisDay-lw4xs]

@@_TB808Sounds like you’re in denial. Anyone with a brain can’t fail to know the damage Blair caused in his term. And not just to the UK. Im not sticking up for the Tories. But Labour are equally as ghastly.

[@MrBob6939]

@@_TB808 40 years of Tory Rule… you forget the Blair/Brown years and the utter shambles they caused… their policies opened the flood gates for mass migration… there Policies crippled the economy as do you know what, Labour will do exactly the same again but this time around, they’ll be inheriting a treasury in the red… and they’ll make said debt even bigger until we can’t afford supplies and will need to revert to a 3 day working week.. but of course, you probably don’t work and are sponging off the state and you think Labour will give you all the financial support you need while sitting on your backside doing nothing!

[@user-rt1rh9py4v]

She is not a Penny, she is a gold sovereign.

[@imemine6494]

.. Why are you still not getting it???

[@hathawayrose2183]

No, more like a brass farthing.

[@peaceharmony74]

Penny is a superb speaker.. and gets her facts right to put other ministers in their place.

[@pepelepew2690]

More like a fart in the wind 💨

[@paulfinn4593]

@@peaceharmony74she’s an arrogant liar our Admiral Penny

[@jamesfletcher1033]

Brilliant speech penny (next pm) why won’t mainstream media pick up on these points

[@cardinal-fang]

It's not the MSM accepted narrative

[@philbirchall6136]

😆😆🤔🥱

[@dartskipper3170]

Because many, like those at the BBC, belong to a Union?

[@robby8384]

Because they are all Labour lefties.

[@jimmccork]

Surely you know why? BBC, ITV and Comcast (Sky) are dyed in the wool left wing organisations. That’s why.

[@beaublue1625]

Penny, you have to be favourite to be the next Tory Leader 👍

[@jeffhawkins7848]

It's funny how the BBC , ITV and Channel 4 never televised this little gem. .....and if they did , it was well hidden

[@warey4life]

It was on BBC parliament, as are many house of commons debates, probably not the kind of thing you'd watch though.

[@user-dv4ft8ew7z]

Never going to be shown on BBC ITV or SLY News!

[@glyn6170]

If you watch the BBC's Parliament channel you might find it was shown on BBC.

[@jeffhawkins7848]

But not the main news​@@glyn6170

[@andrewstratford4753]

Because they had no choice.

[@glyn6170]

​@@andrewstratford4753I don't know what your hinting at here. 1. It's bad that live streaming of Parliament without the editing of BBC, Sky or others is a bad thing. 2. That having no choice of what is shown in Parliament is a good or bad thing. The irony is not lost that the original poster saying this wouldn't have been shown on BBC, Sky or others, lifted this clip from BBC Parliament.

[@RGP_Maths]

​@@glyn6170 He actually said it wouldn't be shown on BBC NEWS. Can't you see the difference?

[@tubegersh]

Yup, Penny for PM - more guts than the current spineless chicken

[@markjackson8261]

No thanks, the country has had enough of paying for the rich, its over for the Tories for a very long time.

[@ibana8449]

@@markjackson8261 Thing is Mark, Who do we vote for ? I don't trust any of the mainstream parties to deliver, Seen them all in my lifetime, and they are all the same, just wear different colour ties. All forked tongues, with little concept of public service.

[@drhfuhruhurr4253]

If in, she'd be forced out. Too Conservative!

[@raymondbullock4557]

She certainly has the right initials.

[@imemine6494]

.. She was talking nonsense???

[@MunsterIrons]

Mordaunt takes Labour apart on every occasion

[@robertblair2035]

As she does the SNP

[@andrewbrattan2464]

With ease 😂

[@anglewoden]

Brilliant. I'm not a Tory but if they had her as PM and she got Jacob, Kemi, Suella and Lee Anderson in the cabinet I'd vote for them.

[@maidsubrena]

that would indeed be a proper cabinet, it will never happen because of the other wet pathetic tories put in by David Cameron would prevent it, which is why tory members are going to reform in their thousands

[@NoMoreToriesAnymore]

They all have one thing in common.

[@user-uv8bv4dm9f]

I think 30p Anderson has already deserted to some other party.

[@avs4365]

With that line up it would probably be the last vote prior to a dictatorship - all for tax cuts for the rich, less for public services and the same policies that Truss wrecked our economy with.

[@imemine6494]

.. then you are not learning

[@annemcniell6956]

Penny should be PM.

[@donaldellis3609]

😂

[@pepelepew2690]

Simp

[@donaldellis3609]

@pepelepew2690 yes they are aren't they.

[@pepelepew2690]

Penny is diversity hire.

[@howardjones7370]

@@pepelepew2690: She’s not wrong though, is she? 🤡

[@gftjghdt3582]

She has a point labour government are saying pay it back and labour are doing the same thing they cannot have it both ways

[@Noel-ji8nm]

Two wrongs don't make a right.

[@grant0902]

@@Noel-ji8nm Is that all you got? 🤣🤣🤣

[@bobsocks7575]

@@Noel-ji8nmThey don’t but you also can’t be so crassly hypocritical.

[@convega8]

You are correct, but maybe labour should lead by example?... not advisable to hold ones breath 😐😶@@Noel-ji8nm

[@lotlot]

They always want it both ways. However, the wrongs Penny cites as hypocritical examples were BEFORE this Diane Abbott instance.

[@florenceflorence58]

Two faced Labour.

[@--Fish]

😂tories are finished!

[@vickyingramnymann8543]

Just goes to prove that people in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

[@jamescorneliustaylor6997]

Unfortunately, Labour HAVE to change their positions because the Conservatives have done so much damage. Under labour, the nhs was good, Schools were good, and public services were good. Fast forward to today ... Let's not forget that Blair saw the longest period of sustained economic growth for 200years and also reduced borrowing, and Brown's big regret was not dealing with the unethical banking practices of tory bankers like Rishi Sunak which led to the sub prime mortgage crisis. Dear Penny here is not going to win anything, but might be marginally more popular than Mr 'My plan is working, Labour would return us to square one', square one being how things were before the tories trashed it all.

[@jenniferwatson7044]

​@@jamescorneliustaylor6997Remember the note saying "there is no money left" by Labour when they were voted out? Wonder why?

[@jamescorneliustaylor6997]

​@jenniferwatson7044 didn't you know? I've actually ALREADY told you. Unethical banking practices of tory bankers like Rishi Sunak crashed the economy. Now Rishi is crashing the economy AGAIN. Sadly, Conservatives never learn.

[@jamescorneliustaylor6997]

@@jenniferwatson7044 read my post properly...

[@jamescorneliustaylor6997]

@jenniferwatson7044 will the person deleting my replies at least have the courtesy to allow me to ask her to re read my post, even if a truthful answer is too hard for you to take.

[@neil-pj5ic]

Penny for Prime Minister

[@mattn5446]

Why on earth don't the tories make her leader? She is constantly strong, knows her facts and ads some humour when she can

[@markeastwood74]

They need her in reserve to rebuild the party after the general election. I just hope there's enough left for her to work with.

[@thewoodster8607]

Because she's a 'wet' and flip flops about the Trans nonsense. I do love to see her call Labour out on their utter hypocrisy though.

[@tomf4547]

Wrong colour

[@atalanta9353]

@@markeastwood74Like Vivek, she knows how to play it.

[@colinpateman4891]

Put this lady in charge 👏👏

[@loyosalmon574]

Labour favour muslims

[@joseph9074]

Better than jews

[@_TB808]

And what's wrong with that? Bigoted response to follow...

[@Mrfairchap]

@@_TB808 Quite simple; they shouldn't favour one religious group over any other but should remain impartial to all.

[@RebeccaTurner-ny1xx]

Not really. Labour takes the Muslim vote for granted because what's the alternative for a Muslim but a party for open racists?

[@richymenezes1524]

​@@_TB808its called discrimination ...

[@jacobreal6451]

How detailed she is

[@pennysargent9557]

What a woman, hats off to her whatever your political views.

[@wendyturney8914]

I don't really know all her political views but I would like her as Prime Minister.

[@paulhornsey-pennell1931]

this woman patiently sits on the front bench, never puts a foot wrong and when required to speak, time after time, hits the mark. she has my vote for next leader of the conservatives ..... reminds me of a certain someone ... just get her a handbag.

[@imemine6494]

.. Wow, you would still vote for the same political class???

[@valderja]

Absolutely bang on.

[@paulhornsey-pennell1931]

that's an interesting phrase "political class" and im not entirely sure what it means. if you mean would i vote for the boris's of this world, or the utterly delusional and actually stupid liz truss then not in a billion light years, but neither would i vote for starma who has made a point of shifting his view on anything and everything and mostly staying silent so he says nothing that will shoot him down in flames. who i will vote for is someone who has some sense of conviction politics, who does not suffer fools (or woke) and has some backbone to them. it seems to me that out of all of them penny mordaunt does. no one in politics has any kind of answer any more because they have always chased votes and power, rather than new, vibrant ideas. maybe she has some but to start with, it seems she has values. that sets her above anyone else. @@imemine6494

[@DorisDay-lw4xs]

@@imemine6494and you don’t vote for the same political classes every time ???

[@gargk999]

@@imemine6494 The'same political class' are sat on the benches opposite her - there is now no difference between Labour and Tories.

[@23715]

Not a Tory but think PM is quiite brilliant.

[@imemine6494]

.. Then you are not learning

[@ericreckless541]

@23715: True she is not really a Tory.

[@DorisDay-lw4xs]

@@imemine6494or maybe the OP has an open mind. Although I appreciate that’s not fashionable in these dismal days.

[@imemine6494]

@@DorisDay-lw4xs.. to support Mordaunt you clearly have no such thing???.. do you know what she stands for??

[@wendyturney8914]

@@ericreckless541 Don't know if she is Tory or not, but I agree with most of what she says and want her for Prime Minister.

[@user-xp6ud1sl8w]

She should be pm not the snake

[@imemine6494]

.. Wow, you really need to start getting it???

[@commandingjudgedredd1841]

​​@@imemine6494Wasting your time. Seems to them, their "golden girl" Penny, can't do any wrong. Some want to vote her in, simply because "she's good looking"??? Looks alone don't cut it.

[@crossx695]

Well said, silence the hypocrites, they are disgusting!

[@happytimes6113]

She should be the next PM

[@janetnaffine9508]

Trouble is, she’d still have the same crap people to make up her government with.

[@ChangesOneTim]

@happytimes6113 Put a word in to Dougie Smith at No.10 and he'll fix it. He seems to hold all the real power we all thought that Cummings once had before he was pushed.

[@imemine6494]

.. Unbelievable, people still not getting it???

[@DAVIDSHEILS-fs1og]

....in opposition!

[@colinstewart173]

Starmer will be the next PM.

[@kaygalloway4215]

Love it! Go Penny. 👍🏻

[@williamdeypres1122]

Labour totally and utterley nailed.

[@NoMoreToriesAnymore]

But not at the next General Election right

[@imemine6494]

... the plan is working, is it???

[@bobsocks7575]

@@NoMoreToriesAnymoreyes at the next election we will replace a bunch of useless liars, with a bunch of useless, hypocritical liars.

[@adriantunmore5256]

Penny Mordaunt 10, Labour 0

[@JupiterThunder]

She's a woke-leftist, and has to go- along with the rest of the Tories.

[@adriantunmore5256]

@@JupiterThunder If all, or even most, of the Tories were half as good as her, Labour would have no chance. At the moment, Tories are useless. Labour are equally useless....not good is it? Labour will get in though, and then the country will learn the hard way!!

[@peaceharmony74]

Penny is a wonderful speaker, patriotic, has enough knowledge to put labour ministers in their place, would make a brilliant Prime Minister.

[@adriandavis9790]

Absolutely brilliant

[@_TB808]

​@@JupiterThundercall a doctor. You got issues.

[@pennymcneela7095]

Penny is a fabulous orator..❤

[@cidertom5140]

Yes better than Angela

[@robertblair2035]

Angela who ????

[@cidertom5140]

@@robertblair2035 exactly!!!

[@braikka]

"Labour saying one thing & doing another"? Isn't that what ALL of these political parties have been doing for years? 🤬🤬

[@outlaw6421]

Abacus is a disgrace,imagine her representing us abroad lol

[@jimmymcdonald426]

😂😂

[@911scTarga]

Yeah. Jeremy Corbyn for foreign secretary!😂

[@soupyruns9709]

More conclusive proof that PM should have been PM, without any shadow of doubt!!!

[@imemine6494]

.. She is terrible??.. she is close friends with Bill Gates.??..she supports trans rights???

[@stuartcutmore5848]

What a class act our Penny is! ❤

[@martinmanifold2241]

The BBC never gave this a look

[@RebeccaTurner-ny1xx]

... about a video sourced from a BBC channel.

[@martinmanifold2241]

@@RebeccaTurner-ny1xx never made it to main TV news 😉.....the BBC are still pushing the tory donors remarks

[@user-rm3to9em5p]

Right! Put this lady in charge and I'll vote conservative. Utterly brilliant. Frankly if the current leadership prevails I'm not sure that I'll vote at all.

[@CHAMUNGER]

Same here… 80+ seat majority and what have they done? Apart from letting in millions of immigrants!!

[@mrwu2]

Funny how the media never showed this response. Not suitable for the narrative?

[@tomsimmonds534]

I didn't hear any of this mentioned on question time, last night, how strange 🤔

[@salvaquest2123]

👏 fabulous Penny 😀 well said 👍

[@stephenford2758]

Penny Mordaunt is Maggie with no balls, A Pound-land Maggie Thatcher , with no substance, just rhetoric, bash and and attack but no policy.

[@davidjones-nx7tx]

Excellent Penny! As always!😊

[@maninst7145]

Well done Penny!!

[@barryluck3792]

Well done Penny 😂

[@miller4866]

God Bless Penny Mordaunt Our National Treasure ❤

[@paulkelly1715]

Brilliant

[@brigittapayne6203]

Very impressed with Penny, she really will make a credible PM , she does her homework and has the right answers to this incapable Labour MP’s

[@annealbrecht396]

She should join the Reform party

[@dennisstockhall606]

She's an avid remainer 👎

[@TJ-kw8ct]

​@@dennisstockhall606 ... and she doesn't know what a woman is!

[@user-xu9ib9cd6d]

@@TJ-kw8ct she is Cambridge educated. Not stupid

[@user-xu9ib9cd6d]

@@dennisstockhall606 Brexit is a mess , high prices, electronic visa for Europe. It's a mess.labour shortage

[@Cherry-Walden]

@@dennisstockhall606 Er… no she’s not 😂

[@user-mx1gh3mn3w]

Very good Penny you are right!

[@leesingleton6212]

Next PM

[@NoMoreToriesAnymore]

Is she joining the labour party.

[@bernardjoyce1288]

Far more presence than any other mp. Must be the next leader of the party

[@tonypoloney8721]

Classic. Lucy Powell looked bewildered.

[@dougiemcbriar1998]

Magnificent as usual Penny from a proud Brit in Scotland

[@gee4947]

She's bloody good - her initials say it as it ought to be PM for PM!

[@paulbrookes5365]

Another unelected WEF puppet, hell no.

[@jacksmith9292]

Advice to all,,, don't mess with Mordaunt

[@kimgaffney7277]

Penny should be our next prime minister

[@densalbeach1]

Stunning speech, a pleasure to watch. Pity we won't see this put out by the Biased Broadcasting Corporation!

[@grahamlewis6062]

🌟Oh Penny. Terrific! I hope that’s been seen on BBC parliament!, sadly won’t reach the news. Though it should. 👏

[@JeremyLivitt-qn2io]

Unfortunately she is almost certain to lose her seat at the next election. A great talent that will never get a chance to show how good a leader she could be.

[@dnorfed]

She should have been put in place instead of snake Sunak, who is a waste of time and space

[@NoMoreToriesAnymore]

That's democracy. It probably means the people she represents want rid of her.

[@markjackson8261]

Yes like many of them!!

[@scotthaskins1264]

Strong, educated and articulate lady. Just wonderful to see a point so well executed. You actually give me a little hope Penny.

[@tomgreene1843]

I don't live in UK ....but this woman seems to be hitting hard and correct ??

[@brucefraser8583]

Penny PM NOW

[@Welshman1953]

Penny has to favourite to be next Tory Leader in opposition to a nailed on Labour Government 👍

[@NoMoreToriesAnymore]

Dream on. Nobody wants a racist prime minister

[@Welshman1953]

Wake up and smell the coffee

[@paulgollum1]

Things might be rocky right now, but God help us if Starmer, Rayner, Lammy and co get the keys to No 10.

[@stevejackson1290]

So much presence n leadership 👍

[@nikkihamilton4374]

Penny for reform!

[@johnwells7001]

She's brilliant and gorgeous....should be PM......NOW.

[@RayWilliams-ui7gw]

This was never mentioned on the BBC news today, why not?

[@madabbafan]

Because the BBC is Labour's mouth piece they'd never put anything that puts them in a bad light on the news.

[@jonblake2033]

Well said x

[@ContentJapaneseMaples-gk8ji]

I love listening to PM. She dismantles the opposition arguments beautifully. 😂

[@DavidMiller-ps5rr]

"PM4PM" would make a good slogan. much better than "Ready for Rishi" (which we clearly weren't).

[@lcoconstruction2660]

Penny is a formidable Parliamentarian, also damn easy on the eye!❤

[@craigsimons817]

Penny should be made leader after Sunak steps down.

[@1groundfog]

Publicae, much thanks for this upload. Penny Mordaunt cut to the chase and didn't waste a syllable while citing verified incidents and quoting some Labourspeak.

[@shedman123]

How to school the opposition. Ifonly her boss could grow a pair!

[@phoenixlenchanteur8234]

So bored of these clowns and this ongoing pantomime. Nothing ever changes whoever is in charge, it's all a big performance.

[@clivebrown9906]

Brilliant Penny. Very nicely spoken unlike some other members on the other side of the House.

[@lucyroberts9226]

Oh wow penny how far could great Britain go with penny in charge

[@robinchun1]

The pm that we let slip through our fingers!

[@madformorgan7848]

PM for PM

[@davecawood9853]

Well said Penny once again

[@keithwills3790]

Sorted....

[@garyroper7237]

well done,i am a waning tory voter but with you theres hope

[@nicholasfroom7581]

Wake up! 😴

[@alzeNL]

Thank you for your excellent work Penny.

[@wendywebster5351]

She does her homework really well and hits the mark every time. Pity there aren't more with her guts and presence.

[@stevejackson1290]

It’s always penny too bail them out 😂

[@stevejackson1290]

She’s just a ⭐️, how much leadership does someone have to show 🤦‍♂️

[@russjohnston3307]

She must have very good staffer's well researched, well presented and expertly delivered.

[@cantstartit]

She is brilliant . The best member of Parliament .❤

[@catherinewhitney2090]

All comming out now well done penny

[@kevinedwards1057]

Why is Sunak PM when they have this woman available

[@Dusyanya]

She must lead the Tories into and through the next General Election for the party to have a chance of success.

[@stevee7848]

Well said Penny. What a slap in labour’s mouth. Bloody hell get rid of Sunak and get Penny in .

[@zingo2664]

Penny M is absolutely ia a different league to the rest of these jokers.

[@edmundbanks1806]

Spotonpennywelldone

[@dippyfish]

Well said.

[@allancale9441]

Penny for PM !

[@kevinhughes720]

Bread and Circuses.

[@stevehughes9992]

Absolutely superb.

[@christinepeat9455]

Come on folks vote Reform and hope Penny joins them

[@tewman4943]

Things would have been quite different if she was PM.

[@patriciapalmer4873]

True to late now sunak has seen to that 😮

[@simonc4483]

Penny is awesome as always.

[@Ken-yf8zl]

Typical Penny, cool, calm and collected. 👍👍

[@LCculater]

Penny we love you