Q: Would you like to see Penny Mordaunt selected as a Tory candidate? (At the weekend Mordaunt, the former cabinet minister who lost her seat at the election, revealed she has been approved for the candidates list, which means she can apply to be a candidate in a Tory seat.) Badenoch says it is not up to her to decide; local parties choose their candidates, she says. She says she wants “serious people” committed to public service as MPs. Badenoch says Mordaunt was a “fantastic MP”.
She says she was sorry she lost her seat, and is glad she wants to stand again. But former MPs won’t get special treatment when candidates are being selected, she says. She says she wants candidate selection to be a “meritocracy”.
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