penny mordaunt was the required.ny mordaunt was the bill minister taking the bill through parliament and what was in the bill? it referred to me as a pregnant person. that was gender neutral language. that's the civil service preferred terminology to use in those circumstances. so they said and that was quite i it i actually was personally quite offended by it i thought i'm a pregnant and i think that should be honoured in the legislation and she was responsible for that as well . responsible for that as well. there was a lot of opposition to that wording by conservative backbenchers , lords, cross—party backbenchers, lords, cross—party actually. i and the record shows very clearly. i mean it's indisputable . penny's position indisputable. penny's position was and that was that she opposed changing the language for various reasons. so she wanted pregnant person to in the bill that is what the record shows and if you look at the hansard of late february , early hansard of late february, early march 2021. you will see

but penny mordaunt, a personal friend and she'd only just been made lord president of the council .man the council. and she's the woman who keeps the new king waiting while she reads out the rules of engagement and then privy councillors . i'll be welcome councillors. i'll be welcome next to me then say yep. okay. he's genuine article. he is the heir . yes, we he's genuine article. he is the heir. yes, we will agree to it. and it was just magical because he was constitution. it was politics. it was people we've elected people who lead us and we can get rid of bringing in the guy who is there to do job of work because he is the eldest son of the now dead monarch. i just thought had lost just thought it was he had lost his mother on the thursday to here was on saturday here he was on the saturday standing of all of his standing in front of all of his privy councillors , his privy privy councillors, his privy councillors and i. and it was quite a moment i have to say and there were six prime ministers there. yes people from wales, scotland , ireland and england scotland, ireland and en

but penny mordaunt, a personal friend and she'd only just been made president of the council .he's the woman who council. and she's the woman who keeps the new king waiting while she reads out the rules of engagement and then privy councillors , including i'll be councillors, including i'll be welcome next to me then say yeah. okay the genuine article. he is the heir and yes, we all agree to it. and it was just magical because was constitution, it was politics it was people we've elected people who lead us and we can get rid of bringing in the guy is there to do the job of work because he is, the eldest son of the now dead monarch, i just thought it was magical. he had his mother on third to here. he was on on the third to here. he was on the saturday morning standing in front of all privy there, front of all of his privy there, his privy councillors i and it was a moment i have to say and there six prime ministers there. yes people from wales, scotland and northern ireland and of course following the accession council , all course following the accession council, all the flags

for a brief moment, it seemed like the smart money could be behind penny mordaunt to be the next ministernak was the favourite of tory. they placed him forward to the membership along with the foreign secretary liz truss . the foreign secretary liz truss. the campaign's stretched on for nearly two months. the candidates touring the country speaking to members. but it seemed that the party couldn't forgive the former chancellor forgive the former chancellor for appearing to stab boris johnson in the back . and liz johnson in the back. and liz truss with her campaign on tax cuts . was triumphant that i cuts. was triumphant that i could notice that liz truss is elected as the leader of the conservative . conservative. the next day she flew to balmoral to meet her majesty . balmoral to meet her majesty. the . queen. a smiling monarch the. queen. a smiling monarch greeting her 59th and final prime. the last time we would ever see . her well, if looking ever see. her well, if looking back, the of the year was the beginning of the end for boris johnson. july was the end of the end for boris john

penny mordaunt, a personal friend and she'd only just been made of the council . the woman who council. and she's the woman who keeps the new king waiting while she reads out the rules of engagement and then privy councillors including next to me then say yep. okay he's the genuine article. he is the and yes, we all agree to it. and it was just magical because. it was constitution, it was politics, it was people we've elected people lead us and we can get rid of bringing in the who is there to do the job of work because. he is the eldest son of the now monarch. i just thought it was magical. he had lost his mother on the surge. here he was on the saturday morning, standing in front of all of his councillors there. his privy councillors there. his privy councillors i and it was councillors and i and it was quite moment, have to say, quite a moment, i have to say, and were prime and there were six prime ministers there . yes. people ministers there. yes. people from , northern ireland and from wales, northern ireland and england . and of course following england. an

yesterday in parliament, andrea leadsom and penny mordaunt at the dispatch box gave lot of credit touk. we need a body to tell us exactly how these prices are calculated . these prices are calculated. that's true of the gas prices as as well. it is a complete lottery . it's a sort of lottery. it's a sort of a faceless bunch. businessmen sitting behind their desk deciding what we pay . and as you deciding what we pay. and as you quite rightly say, the wholesale price is exactly the same as it was last year. and the actual what we paid on that bill which was something like 40% less. so why why why? and the government must get on top of this. and that's why brought this that's why i brought away this day sure they put day to make sure they put pressure on government to pumps, doesn't it? why is it that even i live i mean, quite decent my outside of london there's my local petrol is outside of london there's my local petrol i s £1 70.9. if local petrol is £170.9. if i drive five miles down the road it's one 51.9. it's a huge . how it's one 51.9. it's a huge. how can that be . they're cha