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Penny Mordaunt savages SNP with '12 days of morality' festive round-up

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Penny Mordaunt savages SNP with ‘12 days of morality’ festive round-up

Penny Mordaunt mocked the SNP with a take on “The Twelve Days of Christmas” carol.

After being asked about “morality” by the Scottish party on Thursday (14 December), the Commons Leader told MPs: “We should have a festive round-up on SNP morality: 12 hours of police questioning, 11-grand roaming charges, 10 years without school inspections, nine sham embassies, eight years of poor child mental health, seven years without ferries, six years shirking welfare powers.”

Mordaunt appeared to refer to the recent turmoil that has faced the SNP, such as when Nicola Sturgeon’s husband Peter Murrell was arrested and subsequently released without charge.

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