{"id":121905,"date":"2023-12-06T16:29:05","date_gmt":"2023-12-06T16:29:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yourclomid.com\/?p=121905"},"modified":"2023-12-06T16:29:05","modified_gmt":"2023-12-06T16:29:05","slug":"penny-mordaunt-takes-hilarious-swipe-at-david-cameron-in-brutal-speech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yourclomid.com\/politics\/penny-mordaunt-takes-hilarious-swipe-at-david-cameron-in-brutal-speech\/","title":{"rendered":"Penny Mordaunt takes hilarious swipe at David Cameron in brutal speech"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Penny Mordaunt criticises SNP&#8217;s &#8216;appalling record&#8217;<\/h3>\n<p>Penny Mordaunt made jokes about the Labour Party, HS2 and parliament\u2019s Etonians at a speech to a think tank\u2019s Christmas Party last night.<\/p>\n<p>Ms Mordaunt was guest of honour at the Adam Smith Institute\u2019s annual festive gathering, being introduced by former Cabinet Minister Nadhim Zahawi who became the organisation\u2019s Director earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p>The sword-wielding Leader of the Commons said she had turned up to \u201cbring you some hope, some confidence in our preparedness, a little bit of joy and Christmas love, which as you all know are the themes of advent\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>She drew laughter from the audience while joking about new advent calendars being sold by Parliament\u2019s gift shop.<\/p>\n<p>She said: \u201cIt is not too late to get an advent calendar if you\u2019ve not got one already, and I\u2019m just going to give a quick plug &#8211; if you don\u2019t mind &#8211; the House of Commons\u2019 gift shop.<\/p>\n<p><b>Click here to join our Whatsapp community to be the first to receive politics news from The Express <\/b><\/p>\n<p> <strong> READ MORE: <\/strong> <strong>Penny Mordaunt rips into SNP over &#8216;appalling legacy&#8217; in brutal Commons attack<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/139\/590x\/secondary\/5102441.jpg?r=1701877754780\"><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have some lovely discounted advent calendars: we have an HS2 calendar &#8211; I don\u2019t recommend it, it\u2019s very overpriced and it only has enough chocolate to get you through to the second week of advent!<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have a Labour Autumn Statement advent calendar, which looks fabulous but on closer inspection, there are no numbers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut my favourite and my recommendation to you is a creative collaboration by all the old Etonions in parliament: it looks like an ordinary advent calendar but all the doors have been opened for you by your dad.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She thanked the right-wing free-market think tank for their \u201cincredibly important work\u201d, but said the Government has more to do when it comes to cutting taxes.<\/p>\n<p> <strong> Don&#8217;t miss&#8230; 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