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You Ask Us: What next for Boris Johnson – and Angela Rayner

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The Power of Angela Rayna in the Cabinet Office

Labour politicians often talk about the sort of very handy dynamic that they had with Tony Blair and John Prescott. And I know Angela Rayna has compared herself to John Prescott in the past. The kind of the two politicians like balance the ticket, don't they? So you've got the sort of London lawyer, very technocratic, it's seen as reliable reassuring for people. But also she is shadow chancellor of the Dutch Yolancaster. She's basically shadowing all of a doubt at the moment.

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