Penny Mordaunt says Keir Starmer has ‘zero balls’

During the business statement today, leader of the House Penny Mordaunt responded to Keir Starmer’s jibe that Rishi Sunak is “inaction man”, by likening the Labour leader to the Barbie doll “Beach Ken”.

She said: “I think the Labour leader is like Beach Ken. Beach Ken stands for nothing. On shifting sands in his flip flops, staring out to sea, doing nothing constructive to stop small boats or grow the economy”.

It came after shadow leader of the House Lucy Powell repeated the “inaction man” jibe, adding: “They want to avoid parliamentary scrutiny on the long list of things going wrong. Crumbling schools. Growing waiting list. Polluted rivers and coastlines. The rising cost of living. Illegal immigration. Out of control. People need answers. The country needs a plan”.