Thu. Nov 21st, 2024
alert-–-angela-rayner-congratulated-on-her-‘dancing-skills’-as-deputy-pm-swaps-house-music-for-her-housing-brief-in-commons-return-days-after-being-spotted-raving-in-an-ibiza-nightclub-with-denise-van-outenAlert – Angela Rayner congratulated on her ‘dancing skills’ as deputy PM swaps house music for her housing brief in Commons return days after being spotted raving in an Ibiza nightclub with Denise Van Outen

Angela Rayner was congratulated on her dancing skills as she returned to work after her party holiday in Ibiza.

The Deputy Prime Minister, 44, was teased by a Tory MP after she swapped house music for her housing and communities brief in the Commons. 

Ms Rayner raised eyebrows last week after she was filmed throwing shapes during a wild night out on the Spanish party island with actress Denise van Outen.

The footage showed the minister dressed in red as she danced to a remix of Gotye’s hit song Somebody That I Used to Know at the Hi Ibiza club at around 4am on Thursday.

As Ms Rayner took questions in her additional role as Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, Conservative former minister Jesse Norman provoked laughter when he began a question by saying: ‘May I congratulate the Secretary of State on her recent appointment and on her dancing skills.’

The Labour deputy leader could be seen smiling as someone shouted ‘hear hear’. 

Ms Rayner appears to have jetted to Ibiza following a meeting on Wednesday with mayors, regulators and fire chiefs about unsafe cladding.

The footage of her dancing in the DJ booth seems to suggest it was the early hours of Thursday morning, with a clock showing it was past 4am. 

Hi Ibiza describes itself as ‘the most technologically advanced club on the planet’ with ‘cutting-edge DJs and pioneering immersive experiences’.

The club, where David Guetta has previously played, hosts Fisher every Wednesday night as part of a regular residency. 

The producer, real name Paul Nicholas Fisher, is from the Gold Coast in who began his music career after initially trying to become a professional surfer. 

A fan of colourful bucket hats, the 37-year-old is friends with England footballer Declan Rice, who signed a shirt for him after a gig in London. 

Ms Rayner is clearly also a fan, with the politician seen jumping up and down during his Gotye remix.

A self-confessed party animal, the Deputy MP has previously boasted of her 12-hour-plus ‘rave’ sessions while drinking vodka.

Speaking at an event at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival last year, Ms Rayner revealed how she had just returned from a holiday in Spain where she had partied from mid-afternoon to sunrise the next morning

The Labour frontbencher, who has been dubbed ‘Grangela’ at Westminster after she welcomed a grandchild at the age of 37, said: ‘The girls I was raving with are half my age, and I was like “I’m a grandma”.

‘I was proud of that. 4pm I started, and I got home at six o’clock in the morning when the sun was shining and I was like, ‘Yes, I can do it’.’

Asked if she did it ‘with or without chemical support’, she said she just had vodka.

‘You’ve got to go with the music, the vibes. You’ve got to be in the moment and it takes you,’ Ms Rayner added.

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