Angela Rayner

NICOLA Sturgeon has expressed her solidarity with Angela Rayner after the deputy Labour leader was accused of deliberately distracting Boris…

She should be proud of her achievements and for the leadership she shows." We're all better than that report (including the PM)." The implication is clear. “I stand accused of a ‘ploy’ to ‘distract’ the helpless PM – by being a woman, having legs and wearing clothes. The lies they are telling. They know exactly what they are doing.

The original Mail on Sunday story likens Ms Rayner's alleged ploy to a fully-clothed equivalent of Sharon Stone's infamous scene in the film Basic Instinct.

We need more people in politics with backgrounds like mine - and fewer as a hobby to help their mates. "I hope this experience doesn't put off a single person like me, with a background like mine from aspiring to participate in public life. "I stand accused of a 'ploy' to 'distract' the helpless PM - by being a woman, having legs and wearing clothes. "But it is the PM who is dragging the Conservative Party into the sewer - and the anonymous Tory MPs doing his bidding are complicit. I'm proud of my background, I'm proud of who I am and where I'm from - but it's taken time. This morning's is the latest dose of gutter journalism courtesy of Mail on Sunday politics.

The Prime Minister said he 'deplores the misogyny' directed at Labour's deputy leader Angela Rayner.

“I stand accused of a ‘ploy’ to ‘distract’ the helpless PM – by being a woman, having legs and wearing clothes. Referencing the article, Labour MP Jess Phillips tweeted: “Jesus this Angela Rayner at PMQs story is a genuine new low. C) WT actual F”. They ought to know better,” she said. “It is disgraceful that colleagues are running to the newspapres with pathetic stories like this and they should be hanging their heads in shame this morning. Tory MP Caroline Nokes, Chair of the Women and Equalities Committee, denounced it as a “dirty, little story” and told LBC radio the colleagues behind the story should “hang their heads in shame”.

Conservative MPs suggested Ms Rayner likes to distract the PM by deploying a fully-clothed Parliamentary equivalent of Sharon Stone's infamous scene in the ...

She said: ‘As a care worker, I know the sacrifices they made in the pandemic on the frontline, putting themselves at risk to care for others. Ms Rayner thanked Boris Johnson for his comments on Twitter after he intervened in the row. Ms Rayner accused the PM of 'dragging the Conservative Party into the sewer' and claimed the 'anonymous Tory MPs doing his bidding are complicit' Labour deputy Angela Rayner sits opposite Boris Johnson in the House of Commons. She has been accused of trying to put the PM 'off his stride' by crossing and uncrossing her legs Their attempts to harass and intimidate me will fail.' 'They should be ashamed of themselves.

The Prime Minister took to Twitter on Sunday amid a growing storm over comments about Ms Rayner in a Sunday newspaper article.

“At the end of the day Angela Rayner is an MP who got elected on merit. She told the show: “I feel like I can’t even read and look at it because this story is so disgraceful. The Prime Minister took to Twitter on Sunday amid a growing storm over comments about Ms Rayner in a Sunday newspaper article

Boris Johnson, in a show of support for the deputy Labour leader, said he “deplored the misogyny directed at her anonymously”. The Mail On Sunday (MoS) reported ...

“To talk about the fact she is using her legs or her posture to manipulate the Prime Minister is ridiculous and I’m really upset about it.” She said Mr Johnson and his backers “clearly have a big problem with women in public life” and that they “should be ashamed of themselves”. Angela Rayner has accused Tory MPs of using anonymous briefings to spread “desperate, perverted smears” about her by claiming she has sought to distract the British Prime Minister provocatively in the Commons.

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The implication is clear.” I am conspiring to “put him off his stride”. It’s a reminder of the deep misogyny women face every day.