Penny Mordaunt edits leadership campaign video after complaints
by Peter Walker and Sophie Zeldin-O'Neill from World news | The Guardian on (#618FG)
Paralympian Jonnie Peacock had publicly asked to be removed from video, which also originally featured Oscar Pistorius
Penny Mordaunt, the latest entrant to the Conservative leadership race, has faced a slightly rocky launch to her campaign as she apparently rolled back her previous view on trans rights and had to re-edit a video after complaints from people featured in it.
In a somewhat embarrassing start for the former defence secretary's bid to succeed Boris Johnson, a video introducing her candidacy was pulled and replaced with an amended version.
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