Minister says whips should investigate, as shadow chancellor says other female MPs face sexism on daily basis.
It’s just disgusting and it doesn’t do justice to the brilliant women we have in parliament from all sides.” She does it by the strength of her argument, and to suggest otherwise. Johnson is also understood to have written directly to Rayner. The contents of the letter have not been shared, except for one quote reported by the Telegraph that stated: “The comments were not in my name.”
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.
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A story in the Mail on Sunday likened the Labour deputy leader's alleged ploy to a fully clothed equivalent of Sharon Stone's infamous scene in the film ...
I've been leafing through it, and it's got lots of good things in it, but it actually needs to deal with this as well." Labour's Harriet Harman said: "If people were in a workplace, a private company and one was briefing against another to the press that would be regarded as serious misconduct. We have to change it." We need to change it." He added: "We have got to change the culture. Angela Rayner has said a Mail on Sunday article that claimed Tory MPs had accused her of a Basic Instinct ploy to distract Boris Johnson was "misogynistic", "sexist" and "steeped in classism".
The deputy Labour leader wore a trouser suit for her appearance on Lorraine because she did not want to be "judged for what I wear".