Piers Morgan has claimed some female politicians ‘deliberately glam themselves up’, after an anonymous Tory MP claimed Angela Rayner attempts to distract the prime minister during PMQs by crossing and uncrossing her legs.

Not shying away from controversy, the former Good Morning Britain host gave his two pennies’ worth on the recent ‘desperate, perverted smears’ made against the Labour deputy leader.

Appearing on Times Radio this morning, Mr Morgan said: ‘Let’s be clear, some female politicians deliberately glam themselves up. We know that. I’m not going to name names.

‘There are certain female politicians around the world who I would say make a virtue of being good looking. What’s wrong with that?’

His comments come after the unnamed MP accused Ms Rayner of trying to put Boris Johnson ‘off his stride’ during PMQs with ‘other skills which he lacks’ as she ‘knows she can’t compete’ in a debate with him.

The claims have received a chorus of condemnation from across the benches, with the prime minister threatening the MP behind them with ‘the terrors of the earth’ if he ever finds out who was behind them.

Despite his strong-worded assurances, both the Tory leader and Cabinet minister Nadine Dorries came under fire yesterday for their copy-paste statements of solidarity with Ms Rayner on Twitter.

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Ms Rayner has already hit back at the ‘misogynistic’ comments, insisting they are another attempt to distract from the Partygate scandal.

She stressed the attack on her stemmed from her background and class, adding that Mr Johnson and his MPs ‘clearly have a big problem with women in public life’.

‘I stand accused of a “ploy” to “distract” the helpless PM – by being a woman, having legs and wearing clothes,’ the politician wrote on Twitter over the weekend. ‘I am conspiring to “put him off his stride”.’

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