Starmer has defended embattled Angela Rayner on BBC 5 Live with Matt Chorley. He’s also given her a promotion…
Speaking about how proud he was of her despite the fact that people have been “briefing against her and talking her down” for a long time – including his team before their reconciliation – he described Rayner as “an incredible Prime Minister, an incredible person.” Vote of confidence there…
Starmer made sure to refer to her as Deputy PM a quite a few times after that. Asked if he would still be leading Labour into the election, Starmer said “definitely.” Some Labour honchos may have a thing or two to say about that…
Kemi Badenoch at the 1922-ConHome bash last night:
“I did praise [Burnham] for his stamina, it was amazing. All I had to do was sit back and lie there. I didn’t have to do anything at all…”