Tory MP asks Theresa May what she’s doing to reassure a very particular minority feeling left behind after Donald Trump’s election – fat, middle-aged white men

A TORY MP has asked the Prime Minister what she can do to help "fat, middle-aged white men" in the aftermath of Donald Trump's election.

Backbencher Richard Bacon had sought some reassurance from Theresa May when he made a joke at Prime Minister's Questions this lunchtime, saying this demographic "may feel we have been left behind".

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He said: "Following the election of Mr Trump, and given the very welcome progress in our society made by women and those from ethnic minorities, what message of reassurance does the Prime Minister have for fat middle-aged white men who may feel that we have been left behind?"

"That's a very interesting point," she quipped back. But Mrs May had MPs across the chamber giggling with the next part of her suggestive reply.

She offered a suitably jokey response to the MP, suggesting that Mr Bacon should "come up and see me some time".

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However, not everyone was in on the joke. The shadow education secretary Angela Rayner later tweeted that it was "poor" given people want answers to serious questions.

She said: "Tory MP using #PMQs to make a rehearsed gag about fat white middle-aged men when the public want answers to serious questions is poor IMO."

The jibe comes just weeks after the Prime Minister made another saucy joke in PMQs when she suggested a Tory MP might get a birthday treat from his wife.

Mrs May wished him many happy returns and added: "I hope that Mrs Bone is going to treat the occasion in the appropriate manner."

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This week's session of PMQs saw a draw between the Prime Minister and the Labour leader. Jeremy Corbyn failed to land any real blows but did press the Government on its Brexit plans and a leaked Cabinet Office memo.

Mrs May also left the door open for Nigel Farage to get a peerage after she failed to deny talks have taken place about him entering the House of Lords.