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The battle of basic instinct was not a battle at all, but simply an excuse for endless showboats | Comment

Angela Raynor, then – what a fire. Stiff, undressed and constantly embarrassed for days on social media, all because an unnamed Tory MP said she deliberately crossed and crossed her legs in front of Boris Johnson while wearing a slightly split skirt.

I wonder if the Labor deputy leader knew it would end that way when she cheerfully told a podcast in January that she was aware of an internet meme that compared her sitting on the front bench in Karen Millen’s sexy dress to Sharon Stone. . in the film Basic Instinct “When,” she chuckled, “she did all the work with a growl.”

At the time, the joke seemed carefree, funny, ironic, slightly discouraged – but it was just one of many