Any Angela Rayner fans?

[Jonny Ingbar]

Unashamed plug for a Guardian piece on her today.

If only there were more like her, I think the state of our politics would be very different.

Angela Rayner: ‘Why should I have my rough edges smoothed off?’

If Labour wins the next election, Rayner will be the second most powerful person in the land. She talks about her ‘feral’ childhood, ‘pragmatic’ socialism, and why some Tories are scared of her

www.theguardian.com

 

[HolgateCorner]

She is very popular amongst the public isn’t she?

I always like Labour politicians the Tories hate, they home in on where the threats come from.

 

[Mayor Goldie Wilson]

I work with a fella who is a prominent Tory supporter, whose son is a known member of the Tory party. He regularly says Starmer etc doesn’t concern them, but Rayner is the one they are afraid of.

 

[Jonny Ingbar]

She is very popular amongst the public isn’t she?

I always like Labour politicians the Tories hate, they home in on where the threats come from.

Her's is an inspiring story and one which is the polar opposite of the typical public school educated career politician.

That can only be a good thing and we need more like her.

 

[Jedi boro]

She is very popular amongst the public isn’t she?

I always like Labour politicians the Tories hate, they home in on where the threats come from.

See also Lisa Nandi

As you say you can see how much they loathe the tories and they don’t even hide it.

 

[1finny]

Her's is an inspiring story and one which is the polar opposite of the typical public school educated career politician.

That can only be a good thing and we need more like her.

Agree with that Jonny
And, she really does have compassion and cares about our public services.

 

[Archiestephens_elbow]

She is class

 

[JackG]

She is my dream princess!

 

[sherlock]

 

[r00fie1]

 

[Ziggy]

For the first time Labour have more female MP’s than the Tories.
Rayner scares Dowden to death at junior PMQ’s, he just can’t really deal with her.
They have some good women in the shadow cabinet across generations.
The full shadow cabinet is packed with women.

Shadow Cabinet – The Labour Party

The Shadow Cabinet is made up of Keir Starmer and his top team in Parliament. Take a look at the Labour frontbench and what they do.

labour.org.uk

 

[NYboro]

For the first time Labour have more female MP’s than the Tories.
Rayner scares Dowden to death at junior PMQ’s, he just can’t really deal with her.
They have some good women in the shadow cabinet across generations.
The full shadow cabinet is packed with women.

Shadow Cabinet – The Labour Party

The Shadow Cabinet is made up of Keir Starmer and his top team in Parliament. Take a look at the Labour frontbench and what they do.

labour.org.uk

Be honest, it doesn't take much to scare Dowden, not to take anything away from her though.

 

[Easterside_Red]

And the silence from the Leftys is deafening. They should take a lesson out of Angela's book when it comes to pragmatism.

 

[Ziggy]

Be honest, it doesn't take much to scare Dowden, not to take anything away from her though.

People often refer to Starmer’s razor like dissection technique.

I prefer Ange who goes full Kendo (The Way of the Sword)

 

[Glover_elbow]

I would love labour to get in and then starmer step down for whatever reason. raynor for PM would be great

 

[Cardiffdaffs]

 

[sherlock]

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I’m still with Rayner

 

[Nero]

Politics in Britain is in desperate need for people like Rayner. Too many are privileged, privately educated and lack empathy.

 

[sweet_left_foot]

Exemplary...

Standing in for Boris Johnson at PMQs last week, Raab had poked fun at Rayner’s absence from the RMT picket line: “She was at the Glyndebourne music festival sipping champagne, listening to opera. Champagne socialism is back in the Labour party.”

Afterwards, Rayner hit back: “My advice to the deputy prime minister is to cut out the snobbery and brush up on his opera. The Marriage of Figaro is the story of a working-class woman who gets the better of a privileged but dim-witted villain.”

 

[TeessideCleveland]

And the silence from the Leftys is deafening. They should take a lesson out of Angela's book when it comes to pragmatism.

Prescott was similar under Blair in terms of pragmatism