Don't bet against Angela Rayner

Don't bet against Angela Rayner

Once upon a time, Keir Starmer’s dullness was paraded as a virtue. After years of Conservative scandal and infighting, the Labour leader’s dependability was meant to be a tonic. Yet, like his Tory predecessors, the Prime Minister has stumbled from disaster to disaster, not least of which is the fallout from his appointment of Peter Mandelson as US ambassador. Starmer withstood the initial revolt — albeit at the cost of his chief of staff, Morgan…