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Rayner ‘to launch podcast ahead of leadership bid’
Angela Rayner plans a podcast pilot featuring Michael Gove to expand her appeal before a likely Labour leadership bid amid party election losses, bookmakers say.
- Angela Rayner, former deputy prime minister, is preparing to launch Beyond the Bubble, a podcast aimed at broadening her appeal ahead of a potential Labour leadership contest, though the series has not yet been signed off.
- Produced by Global, the pilot episode reportedly features former Tory minister Michael Gove, with both politicians focusing on housing—a portfolio each previously held, according to The Times.
- Rayner awaits an HMRC report into around £30,000 of unpaid stamp duty on a Brighton flat she purchased with partner Sam Tarry, a former Labour MP, delaying her political comeback.
- Prime Minister Sir Keir told the Electoral Dysfunction podcast he wants Rayner back in a "leading role," though he insisted he is not "going anywhere" as Labour leader.
- Bookmakers list Rayner as favourite to succeed Sir Keir as Labour faces projections of losing 1,700 council seats in May elections, raising stakes for the potential leadership contest.
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Angela Rayner is launching a podcast, Beyond the Bubble, which is already a very Angela-shaped contradiction, because the protagonist’s mission is really to get back inside the bubble of Labour’s crisis-prone top-tier as soon as possible. The former deputy prime minister and Housing Secretary came a cropper over careless handling of her stamp duty allowances and had to be bounced out of the Cabinet last September to spend more time with her HMRC…
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