Boris Johnson has condemned the “misogynistic tripe” directed at deputy Labour leader Angela Rayner after she was accused of trying to distract him in the Commons by crossing and uncrossing her legs.
The Prime Minister said the “sexist” claims, made by anonymous Tory MPs, were “appalling”. Mr Johnson said if the source of the Mail on Sunday’s story was identified they would face “the terrors of the earth”.
There was outrage across the political spectrum after The Mail on Sunday reported the claims, including a quote from one MP that Ms Rayner “knows she can’t compete with Boris’ Oxford Union debating training, but she has other skills which he lacks”. Asked if the row was a sign of a wider cultural problem, Mr Johnson told reporters: “It’s hard to say on the basis of that particular story.
