Penny Mordaunt and Grant Shapps among slew of Tory cabinet ministers unseated Defeated Tories turn ire on party as Alex Chalk and Gillian Keegan also among list of ousted ministers The Guardian - UK · Jul 5, 2024
The 2024 election’s ‘Portillo moments’: which ‘Big Beasts’ have lost their seats? Defeats of Penny Mordaunt, Gillian Keegan, Grant Shapps and Liz Truss among the jaw-dropping moments of election night The Guardian - UK · Jul 5, 2024
Prime Minister Keir Starmer vows to 'rebuild Britain' and restore trust in politics after Labour landslide Sir Keir said the country could ‘move forward together’ as Labour took office following 14 years of Conservative rule Evening Standard · Jul 5, 2024
Penny Mordaunt Loses Seat In Shocking Election Upset Penny Mordaunt's defeat in Portsmouth North impacts Conservative Party's leadership dynamics and future prospects. Top News · Jul 5, 2024
Penny Mordaunt once said Scotland was plagued with “Victorian diseases” Mordaunt – a former magician's assistant – previously made headlines when she said Scotland was plagued with “Victorian diseases” The National (Scotland) · Jul 5, 2024
British female politicians targeted by fake pornography Leading politicians victimised by online material including AI deepfakes, investigation finds The Guardian - UK · Jul 1, 2024
Who could replace Rishi Sunak as Tory leader if he loses the election? Likely contenders for party’s sixth leader in eight years could depend partly on who survives a big defeat The Guardian - UK · Jun 29, 2024
Election loss, rout, or wipeout? Three Tory outcomes predicted by the polls Scenarios using a large-scale data model that predicts individual seat tallies indicate anything from 53-155 Tory MPs The Guardian - UK · Jun 22, 2024
Polling expert warns Tories not to ‘overreact’ to predictions party is heading for a bloodbath Lord Hayward said the Tories were forecast to lose many more council seats in May and there is “no evidence” polls are any more accurate six weeks later The Independent UK · Jun 20, 2024
Big-name Tories who could lose their seat after exit poll predicts disastrous general election results Rishi Sunak’s own seat of Richmond, in North Yorkshire is at risk - here is when high profile Tories expect to hear their results The Independent UK · Jun 19, 2024
Tories are the underdog in the election, Mordaunt says, as she calls for party to ignore polls and rally Exclusive: Penny Mordaunt has given her first in-depth interview of the general election to The Independent, addressing the D-Day row, the leadership, and why her party should not listen to the polls or political pundits The Independent UK · Jun 16, 2024
Tory leadership hopefuls ‘already lobbying’ to replace Sunak Sources say contenders jostling for support amid fears of historic wipeout in election The Guardian - UK · Jun 14, 2024
Tory members flood online groups with sexists slurs over Penny Mordaunt and declare Farage debate winner Exclusive: Penny Mordaunt put up a feisty performance in the ITV election debate but was criticised by some Tory members The Independent UK · Jun 14, 2024
Penny Mordaunt brands Nigel Farage 'Labour enabler' in heated TV debate Reform UK overtook the Tories in a major poll for the first time in the election campaign on Thursday Evening Standard · Jun 14, 2024
The Guardian - UK · Jun 13, 2024 Rayner and Mordaunt clash again in heated seven-way TV debate Tax and spending plans central themes as same lineup of panellists given second televisual outing
The Guardian - UK · Jun 13, 2024 Rayner, Mordaunt, Farage and others quizzed on NHS, education and migration in general election debate clash – as it happened Party representatives asked how they would fix a health service that is ‘on its knees’
The Guardian - UK · Jun 12, 2024 Best batter beaten by bowling contraption designed by Dr John Venn Brief letters: Victor Trumper | Penny Mordaunt | Debating style | Welcome Guardian wallcharts | Tory manifesto on track
The Independent UK · Jun 9, 2024 Lord Heseltine warns spiralling Tory party is ‘fighting for its life’ after disastrous D-Day fallout Exclusive: Former deputy prime minister’s intervention comes as senior ministers are already engaging in a phantom leadership contest to replace Sunak
The Independent UK · Jun 8, 2024 Rishi Sunak openly condemned by second cabinet minister over D-Day row as he cancels press event Prime minister said to be despondent over furious backlash to his missing international event
Evening Standard · Jun 8, 2024 BBC multi-party General Election debate watched by 3.2m viewers on average The average audience tuned in across BBC One and the BBC News Channel on Friday evening to watch seven politicians clash.
The Guardian - UK · Jun 8, 2024 Sunak dodges questions from press amid criticism for D-day exit Prime minister’s team say time constraints to blame as condemnation over early return from Normandy continues
Evening Standard · Jun 8, 2024 Harper agrees Sunak made ‘mistake’ by leaving D-Day events early amid Tory anger Another Cabinet minister criticised the Prime Minister’s absence from the event in France.
The Guardian - UK · Jun 8, 2024 General election – as it happened: planned opportunity for media to question Sunak ‘cancelled’ as D-day fallout continues BBC and PA Media say a scheduled opportunity to question the prime minister was withdrawn on Saturday
The Independent UK · Jun 8, 2024 BBC election debate - live: Mordaunt and Rayner clash over tax and immigration at seven-way party TV debate Penny Mordaunt was forced to open the second televised election debate with an apology Rishi Sunak’s D-Day row
The Guardian - AU · Jun 8, 2024 ‘It’s over’: what the papers say after Rishi Sunak’s D-day departure There was a second general election TV debate – but the prime minister’s decision to leave D-day commemorations early dominated the front pages