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🗓️ 10 July 2025
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There is the small matter of the Macron–Starmer press conference today, at which the Prime Minister will hope to announce a new migration deal with France. But we thought we would dedicate today’s podcast to Angela Rayner. With some MPs thinking that the answer to Labour’s woes could be to ‘give it Ange until the end of the season’. As Tim Shipman reports in the magazine, she has undergone quite the political transformation – keeping her head down and away from incoming fire. Downing Street is taking her increasingly seriously. Is she the new John Prescott – or even the next Labour leader?
Also on the podcast today: Jake Berry, former Conservative party chairman, defected to Reform last night. But how much of a coup is that really for Nigel’s gang?
Oscar Edmondson speaks to Tim Shipman and James Heale.
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0:46.1 | and I'm joined today by James Heel and Tim Shipman. Now, there is the small matter of a |
0:50.3 | Keir and Macron presser later today where the PM will be hoping to announce a one-in, |
0:55.0 | one-out migration deal with France. But we thought we would devote this podcast to Angela Rainer, |
1:00.6 | with some Labour MPs thinking that the answer to Labour's pains could be to give it Ange |
1:05.3 | until the end of the season. As you report, Tim, in the magazine, this week. |
1:08.5 | Big Ange. Yeah, she's like one of those chaps who's brought in to save them from relegation. |
1:14.4 | They're not quite in that parlour situation yet. |
1:17.5 | But politics, I always think, is as much about what hasn't happened as what has sometimes. |
1:24.1 | And one of the things that has not been a big factor until recently is a sort of |
1:31.9 | coherent organisation on the left of the Labour Party and a kind of separate power centre |
1:37.0 | from Downing Street and Kirstama. He and Rachel Reeves until recently were sort of joined |
1:43.1 | at the hip. Number 10 and number 11 looked like they were broadly commanding the scene. |
1:48.0 | You disagree with what they were doing, but they certainly looked like they were in charge. |
1:51.2 | And now it doesn't feel like that at all. |
1:53.8 | And actually, you know, most governments have internal dissent. |
1:58.9 | Most governments have people who are agitating for power. Most governments have internal dissent. Most governments have people who are agitating for power. Most |
2:02.9 | governments have people who appear to be a rival to the prime minister. Now, Angela Rana has, I think, |
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