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Angela Rayner vs Boris Johnson dubbed “the rumble vs the bumble” – here’s why

Angela Rayner delivered a blistering performance in today’s Prime Minister’s Questions, taking Boris Johnson to the cleaners over the care home and testing debacles.

The Shadow First Secretary of State kicked off proceedings with a message from a man named Keir, who has been forced to self-isolate this week after one of his children developed coronavirus symptoms.

“Keir couldn’t come to work today as he hasn’t received his Coronavirus test result yet, despite the Prime Minister promise of results within 24 hours.

“Keir was able to do the right thing and self isolate, but other people aren’t in the same position”.

She then asked the PM the average hourly rate of a care worker in the UK, to which Mr Johnson came up short.

Rayner went on to deliver several other zingers which left the PM in a tizzy. We’ve picked out some of the best below:

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Jack Peat

Jack is a business and economics journalist and the founder of The London Economic (TLE). He has contributed articles to VICE, Huffington Post and Independent and is a published author. Jack read History at the University of Wales, Bangor and has a Masters in Journalism from the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

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