Angela Rayner has furiously lashed out at claims in a national newspaper that she uses a Basic Instinct trick to distract Prime Minister Boris Johnson in the House of Commons. The deputy Labour leader took to Twitter to tear apart the claims made by Conservative MPs in the Mail on Sunday.
The article carries claims that Ms Rayner cannot compete with the Prime Minister in terms of debating power, so instead resorts to using a trick seen in the film Basic Instinct - where Sharon Stone's character distracted police detectives by crossing her legs during an interview.
The Mail story, which has been condemned online for blatant sexism, according to the MEN, claims Ms Rayner 'likes to put Mr Johnson off his stride’ during Prime Minister’s Questions. An anonymous MP claims Ms Rayner 'can't compete' with Boris Johnson's Oxford Union debate training, adding: "but she has other skills which he lacks."
