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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
National
Beth Abbit

The creepy Tory accusations against Angela Rayner were meant to undermine and silence her - they have failed

“Oh my god,” I said, out loud, as a screengrab of a Mail on Sunday story flashed across my phone on Saturday night.

“Stone the crows! Tories accuse Rayner of Basic Instinct ploy to distract Boris,” screamed the headline, accompanied by a picture of the deputy Labour leader sitting cross-legged on the This Morning sofa.

“It must be a parody account,” I thought, hopefully. Never get your hopes up where politics are concerned.

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