>Labour’s deputy leader said she had been horrified at the story, which she had had to explain to her teenage sons.
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>Recalling when the MoS first told her it was running the story, she said she told them: “This is disgusting. It’s completely untrue. Please don’t run a story like that … I was with my teenage sons … trying to prepare my children for seeing things online. They don’t want to see their mum portrayed that way and I felt really down about that.”
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>([*Guardian: Labour deputy leader says article was ‘steeped in classism’*](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/apr/26/angela-rayner-i-begged-mail-on-sunday-not-to-publish-basic-instinct-story))
I am very sorry for that mistake.
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Anyways… It now looks like Rayner can only sue the MoS for defamation if she wants some closure on this episode.
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Have a chance here to do a *mea culpa*
Had [thought from reading](https://np.reddit.com/r/unitedkingdom/comments/ubmr63/speaker_summons_mail_on_sunday_editor_to_meeting/i6513do/?context=3) the MoS article that they did not give Rayner a right of reply. Look like I got that completely wrong:
>Labour’s deputy leader said she had been horrified at the story, which she had had to explain to her teenage sons.
>
>Recalling when the MoS first told her it was running the story, she said she told them: “This is disgusting. It’s completely untrue. Please don’t run a story like that … I was with my teenage sons … trying to prepare my children for seeing things online. They don’t want to see their mum portrayed that way and I felt really down about that.”
>
>([*Guardian: Labour deputy leader says article was ‘steeped in classism’*](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/apr/26/angela-rayner-i-begged-mail-on-sunday-not-to-publish-basic-instinct-story))
I am very sorry for that mistake.
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Anyways… It now looks like Rayner can only sue the MoS for defamation if she wants some closure on this episode.