Oliver Dowden said Angela Rayner and Keir Starmer are the "Phil and Holly" of British politics in a fiery PMQs exchange.
In his first stint standing in for Rishi Sunak, the Deputy PM made a cringe comparison to the This Morning presenters, who are claimed to be all smiles on the surface but fighting behind the scenes.
Deputy Labour Leader Ms Rayner told the Commons: "It's absolutely amazing that while the Labour Party is preparing to govern with a Labour majority, his party has started to prepare for opposition."