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The News Agents

Angela Rayner on Starmer, strikes and succession

The News Agents

Global

Politics, Daily News, Government, News

4.15.4K Ratings

🗓️ 21 September 2022

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

A big day for the UK, at home and abroad and Deputy Labour Leader Angela Rayner joins us in The News Agents HQ. She talks about her relationship with Labour Leader Keir Starmer, whether Labour is still the party of trade unions and what happened in the House of Commons the moment she found out the Queen was gravely ill. And, reaction to Vladimir Putin's early morning televised address. Did he just threaten the world with nuclear war? Producer: Gabriel Radus Planning: Melissa Tutesigensi Video Engineer: Greg James Social Editor: Rory O'Connor Deputy Editor: Tom Hughes Executive Producer: Dino Sofos For exclusive daily videos from The News Agents visit Global Player: https://www.globalplayer.com/videos/brands/news-agents/the-news-agents/ The News Agents is a Global Player Original and a Persephonica Production.

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0:00.0

The Newsagents podcast is brought to you by HSBC UK, opening up a world of opportunity.

0:09.5

This is a global player original podcast.

0:13.1

Do you remember this time two weeks ago?

0:15.4

We were expecting Angela Rainer, Labour's deputy leader.

0:18.8

She was coming in to be on the newsagents.

0:22.5

And we were watching the energy statement, in the commons and suddenly this hush. A piece of paper had been passed

0:31.0

to her. She then showed it to the shadow chancellor and you could just feel something had happened.

0:39.3

Well, on the newsagents today, Angela Raina has finally come back.

0:44.0

And for the first time, we hear exactly what unfolded on that day.

0:49.9

So the note was kind of that the Queen's unwell and that Keir needs to leave the Chamber.

0:56.0

Does it say that?

0:57.0

Yeah.

0:58.0

The Queen is unwell and Kear needs to leave the Chamber as soon as possible to be briefed.

1:02.0

I read between the lines on that because you don't get a note saying the Queen's unwell if she's got a bit of a coffin cold.

1:09.0

We also talked to her about Labour's upcoming conference.

1:13.3

What she thinks of Kirstama.

1:14.6

What she thinks of proportional representation.

1:16.9

Not a lot.

1:17.7

What she thinks of Liz Trust versus Boris Johnson.

1:20.9

And what she thinks of herself?

1:22.0

And she is compelling, fascinating, interesting, controversial.

1:27.1

She says she's Marmite. You decide. Welcome to the

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