Government minister repeats claim Angela Rayner ‘opened her legs’ in Commons to distract Boris Johnson

A brand new authorities minister has repeated the controversial declare that Angela Rayner “opened her legs” within the Commons to distract Boris Johnson.

Lia Nici, a Levelling Up minister, repeated the allegation, regardless of the Prime Minister beforehand dismissing it as “sexist, misogynistic tripe”.

Talking on the BBC Politics North programme yesterday, Ms Nici, the MP for Nice Grimsby, stated: “Let’s simply be sincere right here. We speak about honesty and integrity.

“The deputy shadow chief determined it could be amusing to open her legs within the chamber after which brag to all people that really it was male members of the alternative occasion who had been taking a look at her and she or he was ingesting on the terrace and laughing about it.”

Naz Shah, the Labour Bradford West MP, who additionally appeared on the programme, described the minister’s feedback as “completely disgraceful”.

“I do not know what’s extra disappointing, Lia,” Ms Shah stated.

“Listening to a fellow girl speak about one other girl opening her legs in Parliament utilizing that sort of misogynistic language, or the whataboutery to truly attempt to take it away from the failure of this authorities not simply now, however for the final 12 years of austerity.”

In April, MPs on each side of the Commons condemned the claims that Ms Rayner had crossed and uncrossed her legs on the Labour entrance bench in an try and distract Mr Johnson.

Ms Rayner tweeted yesterday: “Boris Johnson promised to unleash ‘the terrors of the earth’ on the Tory MPs spreading these vile smears.

“As a substitute he promoted them to ministerial workplace. They are surely unfit to control.”