Coronation star and Tory MP Penny Mordaunt has slammed Keir Starmer as unfit to steer the nation, citing his republican views as proof.

Ms Mordaunt, at present Leader of the Commons, advised a non-public assembly of Tory MPs that she was not ready “to cede power to a man who has only just decided the monarchy is a good idea”.

She additionally accused him of needing “a focus group to tell him to sing the national anthem”.

In 2005 Keir Starmer told a documentary film digicam that he “often used to propose the abolition of the monarchy”.

Sir Keir advised the documentary makers it was “odd” he had been made a Queen’s Council - the title of Britain’s prime class of legal professionals - given his anti-monarchy roots.

Ms Mordaunt was talking to the 1922 committee when she made the remarks, with allies saying she had a “brilliant reception” that includes loads of desk banging.

One claimed she is now the Tories’ “chief morale officer”.

Ahead of the assembly, it was reported she can be explaining to Tory MPs how her group will help with their native campaigns.

Ms Mordaunt praised the PM and mentioned “the public aren’t running to Labour”, however are “waiting for us to be worthy of their vote”.

She continued her assaults on Keir Starmer, saying she would additionally refuse to cede energy “to a party that believes NATO doesn’t have to be a nuclear alliance and that the inept chaos of a 25-year socialist experiment in Wales is the blueprint for how Britain should be governed”.

In 2022, Sir Keir mentioned the Welsh Labour Government is a “blueprint” for what his social gathering can obtain in energy, regardless of creaking public companies within the nation.

The Welsh Labour Government additionally got here below hearth for proposals to pay £1,600 a month to unlawful immigrants.

An ally of Ms Mordaunt’s emphasised she is a “team player” and “up for the fight at the next election”.