Penelope Mary Mordaunt, (click here) who markets herself as “Penny”, is off for a jolly on “reality” (which term increasingly adds a new dimension to surreality) TV:
This may have, or not have a connection with Ms Mordaunt’s day-job as MP for Portsmouth North. Which is one of those “swing” seats, tending to go one way or the other as governments change....
...Penny Mordaunt, the Conservative MP and ministerial aide, is facing criticism after announcing that she is to strip to her swimsuit and take part in the ITV celebrity diving show, Splash!
Mordaunt, MP for Portsmouth North and a member of the Royal Naval Reserve, will compete in the show, hosted by Olympic diver Tom Daley, alongside the glamour model Danielle Lloyd and Dan Osborne from reality show, The Only Way Is Essex.
Ms Mordaunt, 40, who topped a 2011 website poll of the sexiest female MPs, is donating her fee towards paying for the renovation of Hilsea Lido and will contribute the rest to armed forces charities. “Splash! is scary….dunk tank was worse!!,” she tweeted.
The MP, who is parliamentary private secretary to Defence Secretary Philip Hammond, was attacked for appearing in an entertainment show at a time when Portsmouth’s shipbuilding industry is under threat following a government downgrade of the port....
