Who is Angela Rayner?
The deputy leader of the Labour Party alarms businesses in Britain. Should she?
Bolshie. Gobby. Blunt. Feisty. Mouthy. Scumbag. Angela Rayner, the deputy leader of the Labour Party, has been called a lot of things, not all of which are nice. She has even—and here perhaps a trigger warning is required—been called “ginger”. She can give as good as she gets: she once called some Tories “scum”; she recently described Rishi Sunak, the prime minister, as a “pint-sized loser”.
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This article appeared in the Britain section of the print edition under the headline “Rayner of terror”
Britain May 11th 2024
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