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OPINION - Reality check for Penny Mordaunt: the Conservative leadership is not for you

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The election has yet to be fought, let alone lost, but already the would-be leaders are circling Rishi Sunak. And among the most energetic on the circuit is . The other day, she was at the Caledonian Club; it’s always useful to play the unionist card in this particular game. Few observers doubt that she’s taking up where she left off in the last leadership campaign where she was against Rishi. She comes second in the ConservativeHome ranking of cabinet ministers,

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