Partygate peer Shaun Bailey accused of sexism over Carol Vorderman ‘boobs and bum’ remark

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Scandal-hit Tory peer Shaun Bailey has been accused of misogyny for telling Carol Vorderman she can not speak about politics whereas posting photos “of her bum and her boobs” on Instagram.

The failed London mayoral candidate, who attended a lockdown-breaking “jingle and mingle” Christmas social gathering, mentioned “she can’t be both”.

Speaking to GB News in regards to the former countdown star, Lord Bailey mentioned: “On one hand… she’s a serious political commentator, and then if you look at her Instagram it’s all pictures of her bum and of her boobs. So what is it here? She can’t be both.”

Ms Vorderman shared the clip on X, including: “Tory Shaun Bailey is a misogynist.”

Lord Bailey was handed a peerage final summer season in Boris Johnson’s resignation honours listing. He got here beneath intense stress to show it down after it emerged he had attended a mid-lockdown Christmas social gathering at Conservative headquarters thrown by his mayoral marketing campaign.

The occasion, invites for which revealed it was referred to as “jingle and mingle”, led to a complete of 24 police fines.

He has beforehand apologised “unreservedly” for the occasion organised by his marketing campaign workforce, and described it as a “severe error of judgment“.

But Labour mentioned Rishi Sunak ought to have blocked him from coming into the higher chamber.

After his newest controversial outburst on Wednesday, Ms Vorderman mentioned: “So Shaun thinks that women who wear lycra in the gym shouldn’t be allowed a political opinion….

“Or I assume a vote… Failed Mayoral candidate Sexist Shaun was made a Lord last year. Yet another Tory honour for dishonour.”

He is simply the newest excessive profile Tory to publicly assault Ms Vorderman, who has change into an outspoken critic of the social gathering since Covid.

In a latest interview, she vowed to battle the social gathering till it’s faraway from workplace. “If our kids are to have a future, we must kick them out,” she instructed The Times.

“If I can make a difference I’ll do everything I can to make that difference,” she added.

Tory veterans minister Johnny Mercer got here beneath hearth final month for saying Ms Vorderman has a “s*** lonely life”. And she has confronted criticism from former Tory chairman Greg Hands, ex-MP Edwina Currie and power minister Andrew Bowie.