Angela Rayner

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.”

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.

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

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

The lies they are telling.” Senior ministers followed suit in condemning the claims. 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”. On Sunday, Ms Rayner called the story “desperate” and “perverted” and quickly received solidarity from across the House of Commons for the “smear”. According to the Daily Telegraph, the 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. The article claimed that an unnamed Tory MP had told the newspaper Ms Rayner crossed and uncrossed her legs on the Labour front bench during Prime Minister’s Questions in an attempt to distract Mr Johnson.

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 ...

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.

Claims reportedly by unnamed Tory MP have been widely condemned as sexist.

The lies they are telling.” Senior ministers followed suit in condemning the claims. Start your Independent Premium subscription today. 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”. Mr Johnson reportedly moved to assure Ms Rayner in the private letter that the comments were “not in his name”, expressing his sympathy over the anonymous attack.

Boris Johnson said he deplored the article about Labour's deputy leader and was understood to have shared his view with Ms Rayner in a "short but heartfelt" ...

"This sort of sexism and misogyny is frankly the sort of rubbish that female MPs but also female staffers in the House of Commons have to put up with every single day. Boris Johnson has said he deplores "the misogyny directed at her anonymously" and is understood to have communicated that view in a "short but heartfelt" WhatsApp message to Ms Rayner. Boris Johnson said he deplored the article about Labour's deputy leader and was understood to have shared his view with Ms Rayner in a "short but heartfelt" WhatsApp message.

The MP who briefed a “misogynistic” claim that Labour's Angela Rayner tries to distract the Prime Minister in the Commons will be disciplined if caught, ...

“She doesn’t need to use her sex to win an argument or put the Prime Minister off, or whatever was suggested in that article. “There is nothing surprising that two colleagues in Government have the same view and use the same words.” “They have reached the same view and they have used the same words.

Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves says action is needed, 'not just warm words'

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.

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where the alleged breach of the Code is significant and there is a public interest in doing so”. On other clauses, an individual has to be directly affected by the article. And Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves said: “It’s a great sadness that I’m not surprised. She has admitted as much when enjoying drinks with us on the [Commons] terrace.” TalkTV political editor Kate McCann said: “You see all those female MPs and journalists tweeting their rage at this story? This sort of sexism and misogyny is the sort of rubbish that female MPs and also female staffers in the House of Commons have to put up with every single day.

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.

No matter how far we rise, we're seen as women foremost; as hysterical and sexual objects of ridicule. By Alona Ferber. Photo by Rob Pinney ...

I recently turned 40, making me two years younger than Rayner. If anyone had told a younger me that women would still have to think about these things in 2022, I would have been thoroughly depressed. They have to deal with being seen as “even less than” because of the colour of their skin, or because, like Rayner, they are from a working class background. Women know when they are being seen as less than, when their words are taken less seriously, when their ideas are seen as less clever. On the same day as the Mail on Sunday article, there was a story that three Conservative cabinet members, out of a total of 56 MPs, have been reported to a parliamentary watchdog for sexual misconduct. As women make their way through life – even if, like Rayner, they have a seat at the decision-making table – they are often reminded that they are seen as women first and always, and as hysterical and sexual objects of ridicule. To live as a woman is to navigate humiliation.

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.

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

The lies they are telling.” Senior ministers followed suit in condemning the claims. 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”. Mr Johnson reportedly moved to assure Ms Rayner in the private letter that the comments were “not in his name”, expressing his sympathy over the anonymous attack. According to the Telegraph, the 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.

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.”

PM attacks 'misogyny' of paper's claim that Labour deputy leader tries to distract him with leg-crossing ploy.

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Angela Rayner has branded the article as 'gutter journalism' and has said that Tory MPs have 'resorted to spreading desperate, perverted smears'.

“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. “But it is the PM who is dragging the Conservative Party into the sewer - and the anonymous Tory MPs doing his bidding are complicit. We need more people in politics with backgrounds like mine - and fewer as a hobby to help their mates. I’m proud of my background, I’m proud of who I am and where I’m from - but it’s taken time. I am conspiring to “put him off his stride”. The rest I won’t repeat - but you get the picture. For calling this out for what it is. He and his cheerleaders clearly have a big problem with women in public life. The implication is clear. I’ve been open about how I’ve had to struggle to get where I am today. The lies they are telling. They know exactly what they are doing. In the headline of the article published online, it says that “MPs claim Labour deputy leader likes to put PM “off his stride” by crossing and uncrossing her legs at PMQs” and that Rayner “goads PM” with “gesture made famous by Sharon Stone”.