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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Luke Reevey

Badenoch accuses Labour of ‘fiddling while Rome burns’ after sex toy pledge

Kemi Badenoch has accused the government of “giving a whole new meaning to fiddling while Rome burns" after a Labour MP launched a campaign to make 2026 the “summer of sex” and said she even hopes to bring sex toys into parliament.

Speaking at Prime Minister's Questions on Wednesday (15 April), the Tory leader attacked the opposition for "promoting sex toys in Parliament" during a time of "profound national seriousness".

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