Lord Frost: Penny Mordaunt Isn’t As much as the Job of Prime Minister
Former chief Brexit negotiator Lord Frost has simply savaged Penny Mordaunt on TalkTV. Talking to Julia Hartley-Brewer, Frost poured chilly water on Mordaunt’s competence and management, claiming he has “grave issues” about her after working alongside her on the Brexit negotiations final yr:
“To be sincere I’m fairly stunned that she is the place she is on this management race. She was my deputy, notionally greater than actually, within the Brexit talks final yr… I felt she didn’t grasp the element that was obligatory within the negotiations final yr. She wouldn’t all the time ship robust messages to the European Union when that was obligatory… she wasn’t all the time seen. Generally I didn’t even know the place she was. I’m afraid this turned such an issue that after six months I needed to ask the Prime Minister to maneuver her on… from the premise of what I noticed I might have grave reservations about [Mordaunt].”
This isn’t the primary time Mordaunt’s former colleagues have questioned her competence this week. On Tuesday, CityAM printed damning claims from Division for Worldwide Commerce sources alleging Penny was “lacking for months” as a commerce minister and wasn’t dependable – one thing Guido’s ministerial sources later confirmed themselves…
