Nursery World - Andrea Jenkyns and Brendan Clarke-Smith appointed as junior ministers in DfE

A furore over the appointment of Andrea Jenkyns as a minister in the Department for Education broke out over the weekend, after she was filmed sticking her middle finger up at crowds outside Downing Street on the day Boris Johnson resigned as Conservative leader.

Andrea Jenkyns MP has been appointed as a parliamentary under-secretary of state in the Department for Education

Jenkyns, the MP for Morley & Outwood, was appointed as a parliamentary under-secretary of state for education on Friday evening, in Boris Johnson’s reshuffle of the caretaker government.

The minister has since said she was 'sticking up for herself' after receiving death threats.

Jenkyns was also heard to shout as she left Downing Street following Mr Johnson's speech.

In videos recorded of her leaving, she told the crowd, ‘He who laughs last, laughs loudest. Wait and see.’

In a statement on Twitter, Ms Jenkyns said she had received 'huge amounts of abuse from some of the people who were there over the years’.

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