In private, tensions at the top of the party were reaching boiling point. The fraught relationship between Keir Starmer and Angela Rayner, the two most senior figures in the party, burst into the open on Saturday night when it was briefed out that she was being sacked as party chair and national campaign co-ordinator. The outfit Angela Rayner wore on her 21 March visit to Hartlepool. Photograph: Ian Forsyth/Getty ImagesAn aide to McMahon said: “Angela is a significant asset to the party and someone Jim supports and respects. She chose not to run for the leadership last year, leaving the way clear for her close friend and flatmate Long-Bailey.

Source: The Guardian May 09, 2021 16:19 UTC