Mordant mordaunt

Penny Mordaunt was the guest speaker at the Parliamentary Press Gallery's summer reception and opined on the world of political podcasts. 

"I wonder what Jim Hacker and Sir Humphrey would have made of it all. Bloomberg UK Politics is listened to by people that own the country, Political Thinking is listened to by people who run the country, the Rest is Politics is produced by people who failed at running the country, Women with Balls is listened to by people who really should be running the country. And Chopper’s Podcast is listened to by people who think the country should have a royal yacht. Newscast is watched by people who love the BBC, Coffee House by people who hate the BBC and the News Agents by people who also hate the BBC and used to work for it… We are blessed with a plethora of media outlets but for the viewer it does get confusing. On a recent visit to north of the border, I tuned into what I thought was a very exciting episode of Taggart. It turned out to be BBC Politics Scotland."