The MP for Morley and Outwood waved on Thursday as she walked through the black gates, where she says a “mob” outside insulted MPs as they entered. Ms Jenkins, who was watching Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s resignation speech, said she had reached the “end of my life” after receiving abuse and death threats. Explaining her actions, she tweeted how she had suffered “huge amounts of abuse from some of the people who have been there over the years and I have also had seven threats against her life in the last four years”. “Two of which were in the last few weeks and are currently being investigated by the police, I had reached the end of my tether. “I answered and defended myself. Why should anyone put up with this kind of treatment. “I should have shown more composure, but I’m only human.” Commons leader Mark Spencer said it was up to Ms Jenkins to “justify” her actions and said he did not “seek to condone” her behaviour. “I understand that emotions were very high and it was quite raw that day,” he told BBC Breakfast. “But I don’t think that was the right thing at all.” Pressed on whether Ms Jenkins should keep her ministerial role, Mr Spencer said: “That’s not my decision.” Ms Jenkins was appointed under secretary of state at the Department for Education on Friday in a reshuffle by Prime Minister Boris Johnson. The video, shared on social media on Thursday afternoon, appears to have been filmed shortly before Johnson announced he was stepping down as leader of the Conservative Party. Shadow education secretary Bridget Phillipson tweeted in response to the controversy: “Ministers are not expected to be perfect. “But is it really too much to ask that they don’t treat the public like that?” The Department of Education has been contacted for comment.
title: “Andrea Jenkyns Education Secretary For Making Rude Gestures Outside Downing Street Political News " ShowToc: true date: “2022-10-26” author: “John Laing”
The MP for Morley and Outwood waved on Thursday as she walked through the black gates, where she says a “mob” outside insulted MPs as they entered. Ms Jenkins, who was watching Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s resignation speech, said she had reached the “end of my life” after receiving abuse and death threats. Explaining her actions, she tweeted how she had suffered “huge amounts of abuse from some of the people who have been there over the years and I have also had seven threats against her life in the last four years”. “Two of which were in the last few weeks and are currently being investigated by the police, I had reached the end of my tether. “I answered and defended myself. Why should anyone put up with this kind of treatment. “I should have shown more composure, but I’m only human.” Commons leader Mark Spencer said it was up to Ms Jenkins to “justify” her actions and said he did not “seek to condone” her behaviour. “I understand that emotions were very high and it was quite raw that day,” he told BBC Breakfast. “But I don’t think that was the right thing at all.” Pressed on whether Ms Jenkins should keep her ministerial role, Mr Spencer said: “That’s not my decision.” Ms Jenkins was appointed under secretary of state at the Department for Education on Friday in a reshuffle by Prime Minister Boris Johnson. The video, shared on social media on Thursday afternoon, appears to have been filmed shortly before Johnson announced he was stepping down as leader of the Conservative Party. Shadow education secretary Bridget Phillipson tweeted in response to the controversy: “Ministers are not expected to be perfect. “But is it really too much to ask that they don’t treat the public like that?” The Department of Education has been contacted for comment.
