Future Publishing via Getty ImagesA Tory MP has been mocked for claiming babies get teeth 18 months before they are born. Public health minister Andrea Leadsom made the bizarre comment as she attacked Labour plans to introduce supervised toothbrushing for young children. AdvertisementBut in the Commons today, Leadsom said: “In the opposition’s proposal they’re talking about supervised toothbrushing for three to five-year-olds. “Now I don’t know if they don’t know this, but actually you have teeth from before you were born. No wonder Rishi floated maths to 18. https://t.co/tpw5iakqZk — Wes Streeting MP (@wesstreeting) January 9, 2024AdvertisementOther users of X (formerly Twitter) were equally unforgiving.

Source: Huffington Post January 09, 2024 22:23 UTC