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Will Penny Mordaunt be the next Tory leader?

Daily Politics from the New Statesman

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'Penny Mordon's a Submarine Candidate

When there's not an obvious favourite, it's not obvious what m p should do. A lot of them would rally round who they thought would be the winning candidate because it's good for their career prospects. But that doesn't seemd to be happening at the moment. penny mordon is pretty untested and has avoided the meetim thus far. She left her launch event till quite late, all er intentional. And i think that served her well. Many m p oe, she's been talking to mp for a very long time,. so she was able to build up that support out of the lime light - and that's come to the fore now. We're essentially split between

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