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Angela Rayner hits back at 'dim-witted' Dominic Raab over 'champagne socialist' opera jibe

Angela Rayner has hit back after "dim-witted" Dominic Raab accused her of "champagne socialism" for going to the opera during the rail strikes.

The Deputy Prime Minister, who winked at the Labour frontbencher in the Commons, was accused of sexism and snobbery after he attacked Ms Rayner over her visit to East Sussex's Glyndebourne opera house.

The wink came during a testy Prime Minister's Questions in the Commons, when the two leading figures clashed over rail strikes, the economy and the Tories losing two by-elections last week.

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