Would you vote for Angela Rayner?

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Sounds like she's throwing her hat in the ring.

She says she's paid off the tax she owes and is no longer under investigation.

This apparently means she's free to run - and is going to.

I was literally just thinking that and then saw you comment!
Thank goodness it's not just me.
What on earth has what her boyfriend got to do with anything, who cares what he thinks?!
The dig about "on off" says a lot too.
So what? What's that got to do with anything?!

But there is no evidence as far as I can see that she is good at her job or that she has anything to offer as leader.

Pointing out what she isn’t or that she shes been caught drinking, vaping, getting pregnant and that’s not really fair does not tell us anything about what she has actually DONE to prepare to lead a country in times of economic distress and the most challenging global climate since WWII.

This is a critical job for the people of this country. Liking someone because they are a bit different or says what they think (what if what they’re thinking is shit) does not cut it.

What are her qualifications to lead a country - other than she wants to?

Mark Carney is doing a good job of leading Canada through its crisis with Trump and the challenge of tariffs etc. Because he is a highly intelligent and experienced economist and led the Bank of England for several years, amongst other things.

I would just like someone to explain how candidates are qualified without whatabouttery. Just speak about this potential candidate and say how they are qualified.

No

see below re jm, you can’t compare his qualifications to Angela’s.

John Major left school at 16 with three O-levels (History, English Language, English Literature) and did not attend university, relying on correspondence courses and professional banking qualifications instead. He qualified as an Associate of the Institute of Bankers (AIB) while working in the banking sector.

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NF became a traded-he went straight to London. I dint know what exams he passed, but the fact he was a trader tells us that he is intelligent.

that thing is incapable of thinking and behaving straight and coherent

AR doesnt even have any GCSE’s!!

No

Did you leave school with any GCSEs, have you got any formal qualifications at all?

So I dont care what AR's boyfriend thinks. I bet she does though. Do you think every night sleeping next to him that she is going to say 'I dont care what you think'.

On off boyfriends, SD errors, getting pregrant so young, tapping into her disabled son's trust fund to enable her to buy a property with boyfriend.

According to HOC gossip face planting into a door because she got so drunk (last week).

Is this really who we want running the country.

We don’t know yet whether there will be a leadership challenge. He hasn’t said so, which suggests that he doesn’t have the necessary support of 81 Labour MPs.

Matt Kennard is an absolute piece of shit.

Absolutely not. I want a left-winger as PM – SKS has lurched more to the right than some Tory MPs – but not her. Plus she hasn't got the gravitas or diplomatic temperament to represent us on the world stage.

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Angela Rayner came from a very different background to many traditional politicians, yet here we are...again! Discussing integrity, fairness and... asset-based wealth strategies! Just another grifter pulling up the trap door behind her.

Having politicians from different backgrounds is not enough on its own.
People want more than identity politics or symbolic representation, they want substance, integrity, consistency and people who genuinely practice what they preach, regardless of their background.

I suspect what is going to happen is some time is going to be left to allow Burnham to become an MP. Lets hope he wins the seat as Reform and the Greens will throw everything at that seat.

All the while the UK is not being governed. Late night meetings, secret liasons - everyone will take their eyes off their own areas and plot and plan who is in and who is out.

Shame on them. They had a majority. They blew it.

The vaping and the being caught in a vest on a boat is the least of her issues.

Why do you say that??

The back benchers blew it. Forcing all the U turns so there was no coherent direction and mired the party in failed policies.

There aren’t smart enough to realise they were taking the party back out of contention.

I believe Kier Starmer was actually the best person to lead the country at this point and a lot of his policies made sense.

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Because I made the mistake of looking at his twitter account.

Rosie Duffield also left school at 16. If she hadn’t been hounded out of Labour, I wonder what the response here would be to the suggestion of her leading?

Re the Welfare Reform. I presume that KS could have whipped the MP's to vote for it? Is that right?

Otherwise if you have a Labour Party who have opposite views within it nothing is ever going to be passed

She has been treated very differently in the press compared to Farage and others.