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Labour's deputy leader says she is victim of 'sexism and misogyny' after Mail on Sunday report.

“I like the Mail on Sunday and I enjoy reading it but I think it’s a totally ludicrous story that I don’t recognise,” he said. “I stand accused of a ‘ploy’ to ‘distract’ the helpless PM – by being a woman, having legs and wearing clothes,” Rayner said. She has admitted as much when enjoying drinks with us on the [Commons] terrace.”

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”.

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

Ms Rayner had been accused by her Tory colleagues of putting the prime minister 'off his stride' in the Commons.

Sir Keir told the BBC: “I do know that over 50 fines have been issued in relation to what went on in Downing Street. That is extraordinary. “The British people rightly have high expectations of the State. We need to reform Government with a smaller, high-performing and correctly incentivised Civil Service, where talented officials thrive. As the minister responsible for government property, it is my job to ensure the government estate is run efficiently and commercially. “If there are people from my party, there should be a zero tolerance to this. This necessarily means a smaller but better-used Government estate in the heart of Whitehall. Start your Independent Premium subscription today. This, perhaps, is the trade-off. Keir Starmer is calling for asylum seekers trapped in “misery” in French camps to be allowed to apply to come to the UK, to ease the Channel crossings crisis. The Mail on Sunday this morning claimed that Ms Rayner had been accused by her Tory colleagues of putting the prime minister “off his stride” in the chamber by crossing and uncrossing her legs. Culture secretary Nadine Dorries and prime minister Boris Johnson appear to have shared identical tweets in condemnation of suggestions Angela Rayner had been using a “Basic Instinct ploy” to distract the PM in the Commons. The paper claimed that Ms Rayner had been accused by her Tory colleagues of putting the prime minister “off his stride” in the chamber by crossing and uncrossing her legs. Speaking to the BBC’s Sunday Morning programme, Sir Keir Stamer added: “I also can’t help feeling, I’m afraid, that there is a bit of distraction tactics in this to stop everybody talking about the wrongdoing of the prime minister and the cost-of-living crisis.”

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.

Prime minister 'deplores' sexist briefings by his 'anonymous' MPs – but no investigation will take place.

The implication is clear.” The lies they are telling. They know exactly what they are doing.

An article claims Tory MPs have accused the deputy Labour leader of trying to distract Boris Johnson in the Commons by "crossing and uncrossing her legs".

She should be proud of her achievements and for the leadership she shows." The anonymous misogynist fuelling this story is contributing to the atmosphere in which many women don’t feel that public life is for them. Their attempts to harass and intimidate me will fail".

Boris Johnson has defended Angela Rayner and accused an anonymous Conservative MP of “misogyny” over claims that she crosses and uncrosses her legs during ...

Deputy Labour leader Angela Rayner has accused Boris Johnson of “dragging the Conservative party into the sewer” after Tory MPs made unfounded accusat...

She also accused the Prime Minister “and his cheerleaders” of having “a big problem with women in public life”. “But it is the Prime Minister who is dragging the Conservative Party into the sewer,” she added. Deputy Labour leader Angela Rayner has accused Boris Johnson of “dragging the Conservative party into the sewer” after Tory MPs made unfounded accusations that she had used her legs to distract the Prime Minister.

Ms Rayner tore into the prime minister and his Tory colleagues for 'vile lies'

In a series of tweets, Ms Rayner lashed out at the “lies” being briefed about her. I’m proud of my background, I’m proud of who I am and where I’m from - but it’s taken time,” she added. The prime minister added: “France is one of our closest and most important allies. Start your Independent Premium subscription today. There’s an immense amount of pressure on her — her report could be enough to end him. I won’t be letting their vile lies deter me.

Boris Johnson has written to Angela Rayner to insist “misogynistic” claims reportedly made about her by an unidentified Tory MP were not in his name.

The lies they are telling.” Senior ministers followed suit in condemning the claims. “As much as I disagree with (Ms) Rayner on almost every political issue I respect her as a parliamentarian and deplore the misogyny directed at her anonymously today,” he wrote. On Sunday, Ms Rayner called the story “desperate” and “perverted” and quickly received solidarity from across the House of Commons for the “smear”. The paper likened the claims to a scene from the 1992 erotic thriller Basic Instinct and said she was trying to put the PM “off his stride”. According to the Daily Telegraph, the British Prime Minister sent the deputy Labour leader a letter on Sunday in response to a report in the Mail on Sunday which has been condemned by Tory and Labour MPs alike.

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The Mail on Sunday is one of the most pro-Tory papers around, but if anyone there was assuming that this report was going to damage Labour, they miscalculated massively. I try to monitor the comments below the line (BTL) but it is impossible to read them all. And yet Rachel Reeves, the shadow chancellor, who has been touring the studios to explain the non-dom tax plan, has spent much of the morning responding to a sexist report about her colleague, Angela Rayner, that first appeared in the Mail on Sunday more than 24 hours ago. This shouldn’t just be a line to take. A similar thing happened last week when he denied smearing the Church of England as pro-Putin. The local elections are less than a fortnight away, the war in Ukraine continues, and the Labour party is announcing a new tax policy. The statement will provide the commission with a clear articulation of principles and policy priorities, approved by parliament, to have regard to when going about its work. Nadine Dorries, the culture secretary, has compared him to Scrooge, saying his approach to civil servants working from home is “Dickensian”. PA says: According to a report by Steven Swinford in The Times (paywall), the Sue Gray report into Partygate will be so damning that Boris Johnson may feel obliged to resign. To be clear, the new duty to have regard to the statement will not replace the commission’s other statutory duties or give the government new powers to direct the Electoral Commission’s decision-making. Chris Philp, the technology minister, was on interview duty for No 10 this morning. But the dispute between the two was “good natured”, one government source told the PA news agency.

The claims, which were reportedly made by an unnamed Tory MP to the Mail on Sunday, have been widely condemned as sexist.

Senior ministers followed suit in condemning the claims. Yesterday, Rayner called the story “desperate” and “perverted” and quickly received solidarity from across the House of Commons for the “smear”. The paper likened the claims to a scene from the 1992 erotic thriller ‘Basic Instinct’ and said she was trying to put the PM “off his stride”.

Boris Johnson dissociates himself from claim that Labour deputy leader tries to distract him in parliament.

The Labour politician told Sky News’s Sophy Ridge On Sunday: “At the end of the day, Angela Rayner is an MP who was elected on merit. No woman in politics should have to put up with this.” – PA She has admitted as much when enjoying drinks with us on the [Commons] terrace.” Senior ministers followed suit in condemning the claims. The lies they are telling.” They know exactly what they are doing.

Prime Minister Johnson has distanced himself from reports that Tory MPs say Angela Rayner is using a "Basic Instinct-style ploy" to distract him.

He subsequently contacted Rayner personally, the BBC reported. The lies they are telling." An article in the Mail on Sunday reported that Conservative backbenchers have claimed Rayner tries to distract the prime minister in the Commons by repeatedly crossing and uncrossing her legs.