Penny Mordaunt mocks SNP with 'Twelve Day of Christmas' poem

       Penny Mordaunt ridiculed the SNP with a mock version of the carol The Twelve Day of Christmas.

       The Commons Leader took aim at the nationalist party's record in Scotland as she reeled off a series of embarrassments.

       Ms Mordaunt referred to the police probe into the SNP's finances and eye-watering roaming charges racked up by` Scottish health secretary Michael Matheson on his Holyrood-issued iPad.

       Ms Mordaunt was responding to her SNP counterpart Deirdre Brock who questioned the UK Government's "morality".

       Ms Brock said: "Could it be the morality of near-Victorian levels of destitution across the UK?"

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       Penny Mordaunt took aim at the SNP (Image: PARLIAMENT TV)

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       Ms Mordaunt hit back: "If she wants to go and find Victorian levels of rats and rickets, she should go to SNP-run local authorities.

       "But I think 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."

       To the tune of "five gold rings", the Portsmouth North MP added: "￡500 million overspent on Edinburgh's tram.

       "￡4 million to install a heat pump, three high-profile arrests, two overseas jollies, and a dodgy Jaguar EV."

       Ms Mordaunt added: "I thank her. I have succeeded in bringing a smile to her face.

       "And I must thank her for being the gift that keeps on giving at business questions.

       "I hope that in 2024 better things are destined for the Scottish people."

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