Boris Johnson and Nadine Dorries slammed for tweeting the exact same message about Angela Rayner | indy100

Angela Rayner calls Boris Johnson's Partygate behaviour 'reckless and dangerous'

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Nadine Dorries has posted a message of support for Angela Rayner, after the Labour MP hit back at “perverted smears” made against her.

Only, it’s word for word the exact same message that was posted by Boris Johnson just 15 minutes beforehand.

It comes following reports in the Mail on Sunday which claim that Tory MPs have accused Labour’s deputy leader of distracting the prime minister by “crossing and uncrossing her legs” during PMQs.

Many commentators online have slammed the reports for overt misogyny, including the prime minister.

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Johnson wrote on Twitter: “As much as I disagree with @AngelaRayner on almost every political issue I respect her as a parliamentarian and deplore the misogyny directed at her anonymously today.”

Dorries has been called out for appearing to copy the tweetGetty

And just a few moments later, Dorries posted exactly the same thing word for word.

Social media users quickly picked up on the cut and paste job, with the likes of Gary Lineker posting about it.

Cut and Paste ! Embarrassingpic.twitter.com/ESZnS2AVUr
— Gary Neville (@Gary Neville) 1650795932

They could\u2019ve at least changed a couple of words pic.twitter.com/gjV3HGQjPS
— Pippa Crerar (@Pippa Crerar) 1650797472

They can\u2019t be trusted to write their own tweets FFS
— Marina Purkiss (@Marina Purkiss) 1650802046

Copy and paste job? Can you sink any lower?
— Fenners (@Fenners) 1650802490

How can she write novels when she can\u2019t even create her own tweet ffs ?
— Linda (@Linda) 1650802458

Same copy and paste job as Nadine Dorries @NadineDorries
— leglock (@leglock) 1650802457

Strange, both you and #LiarJohnson tweeting *EXACTLY* the same tweet! What an incredible coincidence!
— Marcus Gilbert 3.5% \ud83d\udc99 (@Marcus Gilbert 3.5% \ud83d\udc99) 1650802430

As much as I disagree with @BorisJohnson and @NadineDorries on every political issue, I deplore this clear attempt by an anonymous Government social media account handler to make them look fucking idiots.pic.twitter.com/ywRfK6Y9Sf
— David Baddiel (@David Baddiel) 1650800353

Tory MP Chris Philp was also asked about the issue on Sky News and said Johnson and Dorries "share the same view" which is why they have "used the same words".

Niall Paterson - Nadine Dorries tweeted the exact same tweet as Boris Johnson about the MoS article on Angela Rayner.. what's going on? \n\nChris Philp - They share the same view\n\nNP - Honestly, you're trying to maintain she didn't copy & paste it\n\n#KayBurley #BBCBreakfastpic.twitter.com/z4gzEm4GxB
— Haggis_UK \ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udde7 \ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddfa (@Haggis_UK \ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udde7 \ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddfa) 1650868264

Rayner hit back at the reports earlier today, saying: “Women in politics face sexism and misogyny every day - and I’m no different. This morning’s is the latest dose of gutter journalism.

“I stand accused of a ‘ploy’ to ‘distract’ the helpless PM - by being a woman, having legs and wearing clothes. I am conspiring to ‘put him off his stride’. The rest I won’t repeat - but you get the picture.”

It’s the latest gaffe to make headlines from Dorries, after the secretary for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport made another blunder by saying she wants everyone to have fast internet so they can “downstream” films.

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