To think that Angela Rayner could be PM one day.

[Breathoffreshair82]

I just think she's a breath of fresh air. She's real and authentic, she's come from a poor upbringing. She was her mums carer age 9, was a teenager mum, worked in social care and worked her way up the ladder. I just find it amazing that she's achieved all of this from how her life started. If she was running for PM and the next general election I will definitely be voting for her.

I like her, yes

I really dislike her so I hope not. Of all the politicians who could do a better job than Johnson, why would you pick one of the worst?

Her English is terrible, unfortunately. I fear she'd become a byword in malapropisms, howlers, "misspeak"ings, as George Bush or Bob Dole did in the US.

Ah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha.

Good grief I hope not!

Hope not. I think she has a massive chip on her shoulder.

Please no.

God fucking help us.

I don’t always agree with her but I like her and think she’s in politics for the right reasons. The British do like to hate female politicians and hold them to a higher account though.

Fuck no.

@MorningStarling

I really dislike her so I hope not. Of all the politicians who could do a better job than Johnson, why would you pick one of the worst?

Because that's my opinion. I really like her!

Would love it if she were, but sadly I don’t think the British people have lost their unthinking deference to the upper classes sufficiently to elect a working class woman.

I hope not!

Why on earth would she want to be?

Good lord, no

On paper you're right, she is a breath of fresh air. Unfortunately though I don't really like her so I hope she doesn't become PM.

I think she's awful, sorry. Couldn't give a stuff about her or indeed anyone's accent but she just doesn't come across as very clever. There are better people in the LP.

No, I can’t ever see that happening. She maybe a breath of fresh air but that doesn’t mean she’s capable of running the country.

And before anyone starts on the "classist" nonsense - there's a world of difference between having a rough start in life, getting educated, learning a bit about the world and getting into politics and Angela Rayner.

Right. My FIL had to leave primary school to care for his mother. He never did manage to compete secondary school, and university was out of the question as he had a family to support. But he read incessantly, worked different jobs and was curious about the world, travelling whenever he could in the latter part of his life. Never met anyone with such a fine vocabulary. And his grammar, Irish-inflected as it was, was a thing of perfection.

@GertrudePerkinsPaperyThing

Would love it if she were, but sadly I don’t think the British people have lost their unthinking deference to the upper classes sufficiently to elect a working class woman.

Margaret Thatcher’s dad was a grocer. He owned the shop and they lived upstairs. Not exactly down the mines but hardly posh. And I would argue a small single shop selling vegetables where you live upstairs is working class!

Lisa Nandy could hold her own as a PM

@Ipadflowers

No, I can’t ever see that happening. She maybe a breath of fresh air but that doesn’t mean she’s capable of running the country.

Yep.

Imagine an election where your choice of leader was between Boris Johnson and Angela Rayner. 😱😱😱