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Politics Unpacked

Will The Deputy Leader Race Split Labour?

Politics Unpacked

Anna Covell

News & Politics, Politics, News

4.41.4K Ratings

🗓️ 9 September 2025

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

The field of candidates wanting to succeed Angela Rayner as deputy leader is growing, but will the contest inevitably end up as a referendum on Keir Starmer's leadership?


Hugo Rifkind unpacks the politics of the day with Patrick Kidd and Libby Purves.


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1:22.9

Hello, I'm Hugo Rifkin, and now we're going to be unpacking the politics of the day,

1:28.2

including the first meeting of Sarkir Starrma's Newluck Cabinet and the Deputy Labour Leadership Campaign. And joining me, are two people always welcome in my cabinet, but they can't be deputy leader because they're not women from the north with the support of Andy Burnham. They are Libby Purvis. Hello, Libby. Hello. How are you? I'm fine. I am still a woman, but I'm not from the north.

1:47.0

Do you have the support of Andy Burnham? I married into the north. I did marry a Yorkshireman. Does that count? Oh, well, it's not far. I'm from the north. I'm from Edinburgh. That's really north. And not from the north. It's even more north. It's foreign. It's foreign. Even more, not north at all. Patrick Kidd, hello. No, I'm from the north. That's not the north. It's foreign.

2:01.3

It's foreign.

2:02.1

Even more north.

2:03.1

Not north at all.

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