Merseyside's MPs have expressed their "solidarity" with Labour's deputy leader Angela Rayner after she was the subject of remarks in a national newspaper.
Ms Rayner accused Tory MPs of using anonymous briefings to spread "desperate, perverted smears" about her by claiming she has sought to distract the Prime Minister provocatively in the Commons. Boris Johnson, in a show of support for the deputy Labour leader, said he "deplored the misogyny directed at her anonymously".
The Mail On Sunday (MoS) reported Conservatives claimed Ms Rayner enjoyed attempting to put Mr Johnson "off his stride" during Prime Minister's Questions by "crossing and uncrossing her legs". Ms Rayner often sits next to Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer and opposite the Prime Minister during the weekly Commons clashes.
