Penny Mordaunt is among the bookies' favourites to be the UK's next prime minister. She is vying with the likes of Ben Wallace, Rishi Sunak and Dominic Raab to take over from Boris Johnson, who is set to resign today (Thursday July 7).
The British politician, who is currently a ministerial disability champion and Minister of State for Trade Policy, has been in post since 2021 and has been an MP for Portsmouth North since 2010.
Mordaunt is inspired by the Iron Lady herself, Margaret Thatcher, who wrote to her following an election loss in 2005. She wrote on Instagram: "Margaret Thatcher wrote to me when I was elected to the Commons, but more importantly five years earlier when I lost in 2005.
