Carol Vorderman: Tory peer ‘misogynist’ over ‘bum and boobs’ remark
- Tory stated Vorderman should not discuss politics as she posts ‘bum and boob’ pictures
- Carol Vorderman branded ex-London mayor candidate Shaun Bailey ‘misogynist’
A Tory peer has develop into embroiled in a sexism row after saying Carol Vorderman can not touch upon politics whereas sharing pictures ‘of her bum and her boobs’ on social media.
Speaking of the previous Countdown star, former London mayoral Tory candidate Shaun Bailey instructed GB News: ‘On one hand… she’s a severe political commentator, after which for those who take a look at her Instagram it is all photos of her bum and of her boobs. So what’s it right here? She cannot be each.’
But sharing a clip of the interview on X, previously Twitter at present, Miss Vorderman branded Lord Bailey ‘a misogynist’.
She added: ‘So Shaun thinks that ladies who put on lycra within the health club should not be allowed a political opinion… or I assume a vote.’
Ms Vorderman is an outspoken critic of the Conservatives. In November she was axed from her BBC radio present after she refused to tone down her anti-Tory social media posts.
Tory peer Shaun Bailey (pictured) has develop into embroiled in a sexism row after saying Carol Vorderman can not touch upon politics whereas sharing pictures ‘of her bum and her boobs’ on social media
Sharing a clip of the interview on X, previously Twitter at present, Carol Vorderman (pictured) branded Lord Bailey ‘a misogynist’
She has used social media to launch common assaults on the Conservatives, calling for the ‘dismantling’ of the Tory occasion ‘vote by vote’ and branded ministers a ‘mendacity bunch of grasping, corrupt, harmful, hateful, divisive, gaslighting crooks’.
In current months, she has additionally been in a web based feud with Mr Mercer and his spouse Felicity, who known as the star a ‘superstar assault canine’.
Ms Vorderman had known as the couple the ‘most petulant, infantile pair of the week’.
In a current interview with The Times, she vowed to battle the occasion till it’s faraway from workplace. ‘If our youngsters are to have a future, we should kick them out,’ she stated.
It is the newest sexism storm to contain GB News, which was pressured to apologise in September after Laurence Fox made sexist on-air feedback a few feminine political journalist.
Ms Vorderman is an outspoken critic of the Conservatives. In November she was axed from her BBC radio present after she refused to tone down her anti-Tory social media posts
The former actor’s rant was essentially the most complained about broadcast final yr, Ofcom stated, with 8,867 complaints.
Lord Bailey, 52, was handed a peerage final summer season in Boris Johnson’s resignation honours record.
He beforehand apologised ‘unreservedly’ after it emerged that he attended a ‘jingle and mingle’ Christmas occasion throughout lockdown thrown by his mayoral marketing campaign at Conservative marketing campaign headquarters.
The occasion led to police handing out 24 fines for breaches of Covid-19 laws.
