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…
Former leader of the SNP in Westminster Ian Blackford told Times Radio why he believes Nicola Sturgeon’s claim that she spent no time in the kitchen and therefore didn’t see any of her husband’s purchases:
“She doesn’t have a passion for cooking.”