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Keir Starmer calls for an end to Westminster culture of 'misogyny' after Angela Rayner smear

The Labour leader said there should be 'zero tolerance' of sexism in parliament as a Tory junior minister was sent out to explain why the Prime Minister and Culture Secretary tweeted exactly the same words of support for Angela Rayner.

Daily Record

Tories briefing sexist slurs against Angela Rayner could be 'disciplined'

Boris Johnson is understood to have sent a private message to Labour's Angela Rayner after condemning a newspaper report where unnamed Tories said she crosses and uncrosses her legs to distract him during PMQs

Daily Mirror

Women in politics face 'extreme misogyny' warns former Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale

Kezia Dugdale spoke out after a Tory-supporting newspaper claimed Angela Rayner tried to distract Boris Johnson in the Commons by crossing and uncrossing her legs.

Daily Record

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UK women slam sexism of 'Basic Instinct' slur on lawmaker

Women from across British politics called Monday for action to tackle misogyny after a newspaper ran a story accusing the deputy opposition leader of trying to “distract” the prime minister during debates by crossing and uncrossing her legs

The Independent UK

Boris Johnson writes to Angela Rayner to insist ‘misogynistic’ claims were not in his name

Boris Johnson sent the Labour MP a letter in response to a widely-condemned report in The Mail on Sunday

Manchester Evening News

Speaker summons Mail on Sunday editor to meeting to discuss sexist article about Angela Rayner – as it happened

Prime minister threatens to unleash ‘the terrors of the earth’ on the source behind the comments if they are identified

The Guardian - UK

Tory whips ‘asking questions’ to find MP behind Angela Rayner claims

Speaker seeks meeting with Mail on Sunday editor as PM threatens to unleash ‘terrors of the earth’

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‘Nothing surprising’ about PM and Dorries using identical tweets to condemn Rayner story, minister says

Minister adds he was ‘appalled by the sentiment being expressed’

The Independent UK

MP who made Angela Rayner ‘Basic Instinct’ claims ‘will be disciplined’, says minister

The MP who briefed a “misogynistic” claim that Labour’s Angela Rayner tries to distract the Prime Minister in the Commons will be disciplined if caught, a Government minister said on Monday.

Evening Standard

Boris Johnson writes to Angela Rayner to insist ‘Basic Instinct’ claim was not in his name

The claims which were reportedly made by an unnamed Tory MP have been widely condemned as sexist

Evening Standard

Johnson writes to Labour's Angela Rayner to insist ‘Basic Instinct’ claim was not made in his name

The claims which were reportedly made by an unnamed Tory MP to The Mail on Sunday have been widely condemned as sexist

Wales Online

Boris Johnson news - live: Call to suspend sexist MPs amid outrage at Rayner claims

Prime minister condemns Tory claims against Labour’s deputy leader as ‘misogynist tripe’

The Independent UK

PM writes to Angela Rayner to insist ‘Basic Instinct’ claim was not in his name

The claims which were reportedly made by an unnamed Tory MP to the Mail on Sunday have been widely condemned as sexist.

The Independent UK

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

"Did they really think they were doing the Prime Minister a favour by suggesting that he can’t do his job properly if sees a pair of women’s legs?"

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Daily Mirror

'Labour's Keir Starmer is on the money in bid to ease cost of living crisis'

Labour’s windfall tax on unearned bonanzas for energy producers and tax cuts would ease some of the pain, writes the Voice of the Mirror

Manchester Evening News

Boris Johnson condemns 'misogynistic' claims about Angela Rayner

However the Prime Minister and culture secretary Nadine Dorries tweeted the exact same statement in response

The Independent UK

Boris Johnson forced to condemn Tory ‘misogyny’ over Angela Rayner Basic Instinct ‘smear’

Prime minister ‘deplores’ sexist briefings by his ‘anonymous’ MPs – but no investigation will take place

Liverpool Echo

Merseyside MPs rally to support Angela Rayner over 'provocation' slur

The Labour deputy leader has been the target of 'sexism and misogyny' says one local MP

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The Independent UK

Angela Rayner denounces Tory ‘smears’ about claims she ‘distracts’ the PM

Boris Johnson has come to her defence, saying he deplores the misogyny directed at the deputy Labour leader.

Daily Record

Nicola Sturgeon and Boris Johnson join in condemnation of 'sexist' Tory smear on Angela Rayner

Leading politicians leapt to the defence of Angela Rayner, although Boris Johnson's condemnation was replicated word for word by another cabinet minister.

Daily Mirror

Angela Rayner blasts Tories for 'vile lies' of Basic Instinct ploy to distract Boris Johnson

Labour's deputy leader Angela Rayner called out "desperate, perverted smears" from Tories who claimed she crosses her legs in the Commons to distract Boris Johnson

Evening Standard

Boris Johnson hits out at ‘misogyny’ directed at Angela Rayner amid backlash over anonymous Tory remarks

The Prime Minister took to Twitter on Sunday amid a growing storm over comments about Ms Rayner in a Sunday newspaper article

The Guardian - UK

Angela Rayner hits out at ‘sexism and misogyny’ in politics

Mail on Sunday accusation of ‘Basic Instinct ploy’ criticised by cabinet ministers and MPs across Commons

Wales Online

Angela Rayner lashes out at lie she uses Basic Instinct trick to distract Boris

The national article has been heavily criticised

Daily Record

Angela Rayner fury at 'sexist' Tory claims she uses her legs to distract Boris Johnson

In a new low Tory MPs sparked an angry row on sexism by likening the deputy Labour leader to a fully-clothed version of Sharon Stone’s infamous film scene.

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