Penny Mordaunt, arrives to take part in the BBC Election Debate hosted by BBC news presenter Mishal Husain, at BBC Broadcasting House in London, ahead of the General Election on July 4, June 7, 2024
FORMER Conservative MP Penny Mordaunt has compared Sir Keir Starmer’s first 12 weeks as prime minister to those of corrupt former Filipina politician Imelda Marcos.
Ms Mordaunt said Britons’ values meant they were already concerned about the conduct of Sir Keir, who has faced scrutiny over donations he has taken since being elected Labour leader in 2020.
She told the Conservative Party conference today: “The good news is that the belief in those values … is now causing them to feel a little bit icky about their new Prime Minister.
“A chap who in a mere 12 weeks has brought doubt to our economy, fear to our elderly, a touch of the Imelda Marcos to the office of prime minister and sausage memes to our timelines.
“They are right to be iffy about him.”
Ms Marcos, who has been convicted for corruption, became notorious for her callous spending and jet-setting lifestyle in the 1960s-80s while the Philippines plummeted into debt and poverty.
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