Mordaunt unleashes Brexit rallying cry as she lays down challenge to Biden

Penny Mordaunt clashes with Thornberry on trade with Asia

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In her address to the World Affairs Council of Atlanta event on ‘trade, diplomacy and defence: the foundation of British prosperity’, Ms Mordaunt celebrated the power of Brexit for the British people and called on America to respond accordingly. Ms Mordaunt, who has held several Cabinet positions including Secretary of State for Defence and is well-liked among so-called Red Wall MPs elected at the 2019 general election, has been described as a ‘dark horse’ in the race to succeed Boris Johnson as he finds himself embroiled in controversy following alleged Downing Street parties.

Appearing to speak directly to President Biden, Ms Mordaunt said: “The UK has made its choice: To leave a trading bloc that is pushing its regulatory system on the rest of the world.

“We’ve decided to take back our seats at international fora. To shape the reform agenda. To work to rebuild our capacity to do so, and to plug ourselves back into the global economy.

“That is our choice. Now America has a choice to make. How will you respond?”

Once the first woman to hold the position of defence secretary, Ms Mordaunt is now the UK’s minister for trade.

She has always made clear her support of Brexit, and once described it as a “noble and hopeful act”.

In her speech in Georgia, she continued to praise the UK’s exit from the EU.

She added: “Brexit is not an event to be mourned by the international community, an act of self-harm or one that requires us to be punished.

“It is a massive opportunity to anyone who believes in democracy and the power of trade as a force for good in the world.”

Key to her speech was an effort to align British and American values.

As well as espousing traditional conservative values in her celebration of market deregulation, Ms Mordaunt asked: “What sort of country declares its independence and puts its faith in democracy and capitalism?

“What sort of country defends those systems and the values that underpin them against the naysayers and the pessimists?

“What sort of country values freedom above all else?

“We do. Britain And America.”

The trade secretary went on to compare Brexit to American independence.

She said: “There’s a reason that Magna Carta and the Declaration of Independence sit side by side in Washington. It shows that first America followed Britain in reinventing its human rights.

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“Two hundred years later, Britain has returned the compliment.”

A trade deal with the US has often been regarded as a great opportunity provided by Brexit.

The Institute of Export and International Trade has claimed Brexit Britain has overtaken both Germany and China as the top growth market for US business.

Around 37 percent of US CEOs surveyed named the UK as one of the three countries or territories most important to their companies’ revenue growth prospects.

The figure was just 21 percent last year.

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