Boris Johnson has shown support for Angela Rayner following claims the Labour deputy leader has sought to distract the Prime Minister provocatively in the Commons. Mr Johnson said he 'deplores' the 'misogyny' directed toward Ms Rayner by anonymous Conservative MPs in a widely-criticised newspaper article.
The Mail On Sunday's politics editor Glen Owen reports that Tory MPs claim Ms Rayner crosses and uncrosses her legs in Prime Minister's Questions 'to put Mr Johnson off his stride’. The Greater Manchester MP is then likened to Sharon Stone and her infamous scene in the 1992 film Basic Instinct.
An anonymous MP is quoted, who suggests Ms Rayner 'can't compete' with Boris Johnson's Oxford Union debate training, adding: "but she has other skills which he lacks." Despite their differences, Mr Johnson says, he has called out the comments publicly online.
