Penny’s not angry, she’s just disappointed. Mordaunt has just used the despatch box to give Sunak a scolding over his trans jibe at PMQs yesterday. In addition to her usual business statement she took the time to establish that “whatever the pressures and mistakes that are made in the heat of political combat, we owe it to the people who sent us here to strive every day to make them proud of us and this place“. Wagging the finger at Rishi…

Penny went further to condescendingly say Sunak “is a good and caring man. I’m sure he has reflected on things and I understand he will say something later today or perhaps even during his session“. For Penny to be confident enough to deliver a scolding like this shows Sunak’s relative weakness…