This looks like something they might fire if Britain were to be hit by a nuclear bomb: “Britain is doing well. Don’t worry about it. Stay away from windows.
Against the strains of I Vow To Thee, My Country, we see cornfields, flags, tankers, Churchill, more flags and nurses – basically any so-called ‘patriotic’ footage that Team Mordaunt can get their hands on .
“There’s going to be a focus on politics in this race,” says an unnamed narrator, but there should also be a “focus on who we are” — which happens to be a lot cheaper than health care or schools.
The only thing missing from this fascinating tour of Albion – part of Stonehenge there – is Penny Mordaunt herself, who appears for just a few seconds at the end. Even then, it’s just a picture with a disembodied voice that sounds suspiciously like it was recorded in a Westminster toilet.
My theory: this was originally an ad for the National Trust. In her haste, Penny reduced it, cut off the end, and made it her own.
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