Angela Rayner Rinses Oliver Dowden For Backing Early Election That Saw Tories Routed

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Angela Rayner Rinses Oliver Dowden For Backing Early Election That Saw Tories Routed
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"And if his own side hasn't offered him a peerage, I certainly will."not to raise taxes for “working people”

Rayner replied: “Well first of all, let me start by welcoming the Right Honourable Gentleman to his new place.The Commons broke out into laughter at that and even Dowden smiled at the jibe, considering his party suffered a historic defeat on July 4.did not actually have to call a general election until December 2024 at the very latest, he chose to call it early on the advice of some senior Tory figures like Dowden.

The former deputy PM reportedly did not believe Sunak could afford to wait, as the economic bounce back they had promised had not yet kicked in.It meant Rayner and Dowden effectively swapped places in the Chamber.Rayner then snuck in another snide remark, adding: “And Mr Speaker, the definition of working people are the people who the Tory Party have failed for the last 14 years.”

And, towards the end of PMQs, which Dowden said was their “last exchange at the despatch box”, Rayner joked: “I will miss our exchanges. The battle of the gingers, the late night voting.”Angela Rayner Hits Back At Critics Of Her Night Out In Ibiza: 'I'm Working Class, I Like A Dance'

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