Yahoo Finance Angela Rayner 'Very Happy' To Apologise If Boris Johnson Also Says Sorry
Angela Rayner has said she would be “very happy” to apologise to Boris Johnson for calling Tories “scum”, if he first says sorry for his “racist, homophobic and sexist” remarks.
Labour’s deputy leader upset Conservative MPs over the weekend when she used a late night speech in Brighton to attack them.
“We cannot get any worse than a bunch of scum, homophobic, racist, misogynistic, absolute vile… banana republic, vile, nasty, Etonian… piece of scum,” she told a meeting at Labour’s party conference.
Keir Starmer distanced himself for Rayner and said he would speak to her about the remarks.
“Angela and I take different approaches and that’s not language that I would use,” he said.
On Monday morning Rayner tweeted a selection of headlines highlighting the prime minister’s past controversial comments.
People seem to be far more concerned with my choice of language than the fact that @BorisJohnson has made comments that are racist, homophobic and sexist.
I'm very happy to sit down with Boris. If he withdraws his comments and apologises, I'll be very happy to apologise to him. pic.twitter.com/q1jmc91dGS— Angela Rayner (@AngelaRayner) September 27, 2021
Boris Johnson also called the children of single mothers 'ignorant and illegitimate'.
According to @BorisJohnson, when I was a young single mum I should have been pushed into ‘destitution on a Victorian scale’. So you can apologise for those comments as well Prime Minister. pic.twitter.com/RyXKxKP5hD— Angela Rayner (@AngelaRayner) September 27, 2021
Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said Rayner’s attack was “absolutely appalling”.
He told Sky News: “There’s no place in public life for that sort of language, that sort of behaviour.”
Tory MP Alec Shelbrooke told HuffPost UK: “It once again shows that Labour have nothing to offer the north other than bitter and nasty comments against those who northern voters elected over an out of touch Labour Party.”
This article originally appeared on HuffPost UK and has been updated.
