Summary
"I got death threats to my children"
Deputy Leader of the Labour Party, Angela Rayner, tells Newscast that she’s worried about her family’s safety.
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Today's Newscast was presented by Adam Fleming and Chris Mason. It was made by Rufus Gray with Miranda Slade. The editor is Jonathan Aspinwall.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, newscasters, Chris Mason here. |
| 0:02.2 | Quite another Thursday already. |
| 0:03.4 | So another Thursday newscast when we're on the telly as well, |
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| 0:18.3 | Thanks a lot. |
| 0:20.4 | BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts. |
| 0:23.9 | So Chris, you went to this Kierstarma speech in Kent today. |
| 0:26.5 | Yeah. |
| 0:27.2 | And probably the most exciting bit was when the protesters turned up. |
| 0:31.4 | Yeah, because I suppose when you have a bit of theatre, |
| 0:34.2 | if something happens that kind of is off script as far as the organisers are concerned, |
| 0:38.7 | everyone goes, go, what's going on? |
| 0:40.8 | Now everyone is looking at Kierstarma and judging him up as a potential future prime minister. |
| 0:45.0 | How was the potential prime minister protesting processing? |
| 0:49.0 | So there he was. |
| 0:50.2 | Yeah, so there he was talking away. |
| 0:52.2 | And then it turns out some of the people immediately behind him, |
| 0:55.0 | you know, who are usually very carefully choreographed, |
| 0:57.3 | because they're the images that end up on the telly. |
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