Penny Mordaunt praised for ‘stepping up while the PM stepped aside’ on partygate vote

Responding to Leader of the House Penny Mordaunt’s business statement today, shadow leader Thangam Debbonaire praised Ms Mordaunt for “stepping up while the prime minister stepped aside” on the privileges committee report vote on Monday.

But, Ms Debbonaire added, “Now grateful as I am, it must have been difficult for the leader with no prime minister to rally the troops, no Cabinet colleagues on the frontbench to cheer her on and a roll call of Johnson sycophants behind her”.