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Angela Rayner today flatly refused to apologise for branding Tory ministers 'racist, homophobic, scum' - saying she was just using 'street language'.
The deputy Labour leader launched the extraordinary attack on Conservatives during an event for activists at the Labour conference in Brighton last night.
But despite a furious reaction, Ms Rayner this morning insisted she was right to highlight 'pretty scummy' comments by Boris Johnson and others.
She said the comments were made at a 'post-watershed' meeting with members to 'fire them up'.
Pressed on whether she regarded 14,000 Tory voters in her own Ashton-under-Lyne constituency as racist and homophobic, Ms Rayner said her remarks were about the PM.
'I am not saying anyone who voted for the Conservatives are racist or scummy,' she added.
She made clear she would only apologise if the PM said sorry for his previous 'racist' comments.
