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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Politics
Dan Bloom

Angela Rayner speaks out on 'disgusting' leg slur - 'they think I must be thick'

Angela Rayner today spoke out over “disgusting” claims she uncrosses her legs to distract Boris Johnson - from Tory MPs who think “I must be thick”.

Labour ’s deputy leader branded the attack “classist” as well as sexist in her first broadcast interview since Tory sources aired the claims in a Mail on Sunday article.

She revealed she was left “fearful” and “really down” when tipped off, worrying about what her teenage sons would think.

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