Angela Rayner had the best response to Dominic Raab’s PMQs wink and ‘opera’ jibe
It was time for the deputies to take charge (of sorts) at PMQs today as Boris Johnson’s number two Dominic Raab pretended to answer questions from Angela Rayner.
And while it wasn’t the most enlightening 30 minutes or so you’ll spend, it did confirm long held suspicions that Raab is indeed a total winker.
Raab having a wink at @AngelaRayner
#PMQs pic.twitter.com/5qwJExCd1y
— MarkC 🏴 ☘️🇪🇺🍻🎼🏉 (@mgacramer) June 29, 2022
Raab then went on to make a joke about Rayner deigning to go to an opera and drink champagne.
The most disturbing, sexist part of today’s #PMQs.
First Dominic Raab WINKS at @AngelaRayner.
Then he intimates it’s absurd for a working class woman to enjoy opera and drink champagne.
If you think Raab is better than Johnson, just watch this. #PMQs pic.twitter.com/ubUXbRUIkJ
— Best for Britain (@BestForBritain) June 29, 2022
It prompted plenty of totally on-point responses such as these.
To paraphrase Orwell, "A wink, stamping on a woman's effort to just do her fucking job, forever." https://t.co/SbbSFiHG6P
— Caitlin Moran (@caitlinmoran) June 29, 2022
Why the hell is Raab winking at Angela Rayner? Is it some sort of secret signal? Or a cry for help? https://t.co/Oz0gqVVNbt
— Otto English (@Otto_English) June 29, 2022
https://twitter.com/juliasuzanne76/status/1542106735921463297?s=20&t=_bdTyVKC03vfpN97800URg
incredible anyone has to say this but sneering at a working class female Labour MP for going to the opera is not a brilliant look
— Jim Pickard (@PickardJE) June 29, 2022
But the best response surely went to Rayner herself, who picked up on this by fellow Labour MP Toby Perkins …
I will never unsee Dominic Raab’s wink from the despatch box at Angela Rayner.
I feel soiled 😷— Toby Perkins MP (@tobyperkinsmp) June 29, 2022
… and doubled down on it in some style.
Imagine how I feel! https://t.co/aLhhOw2UlD
— Angela Rayner 🌹 (@AngelaRayner) June 29, 2022
And also this.
Rayner responds to Raab:
“My advice to the deputy prime minister is to cut out the snobbery & brush up on his opera. The Marriage of Figaro is the story of a working-class woman who gets the better of a privileged but dim-witted villain.”
— Jim Pickard (@PickardJE) June 29, 2022
It appears @DominicRaab needs some opera lessons #PMQs https://t.co/NtHhtsrDsK
— Angela Rayner 🌹 (@AngelaRayner) June 29, 2022
Boom.
Wouldn’t have winked like that at Starmer, would he? Casual sexism at the despatch box. How charming. 🤢
— stacey miller 🌻🌹 (@even_thorizon) June 29, 2022
— lucie (@dabelfastgirl) June 29, 2022
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