Labour deputy says article was ‘steeped in classism’ that puts women off achieving in their careers
Angela Rayner has revealed she begged the Mail on Sunday not to run a story claiming a Conservative MP compared her to the character in Basic Instinct, saying the “classist” comments in the piece were disparaging about working-class people., which she had had to explain to her teenage sons.
She said she had been heartened by the response from the public and all political parties. Johnson tweeted a condemnation of the piece, which quoted an MP saying Rayner could not compete with Johnson’s Oxford Union debating skills. Conservative whips have claimed they will try to get to the bottom of which Tory MP made the comments about Rayner.
But asked what specific rule they had broken, he said: “I don’t suppose they’ve broken any rule in the house or committed a crime that could be charged in general society. You know, I think they just acted frankly in an inappropriate way. And that should be roundly condemned.”Rayner said the piece, which mentioned her teenage pregnancy and time as a care worker, was “steeped in classism” that often put women off achieving more in their careers.
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