Top MP Angela Rayner also said the public doesn't want to delay Brexit - despite Labour being poised to do just that. But if there were another vote she would opt to stay because the "benefits of the EU" still outweighed leaving. "We're in the EU, we get benefits from being part of the EU and I believe that to be the right thing for the UK. A feisty feminist with a broad northern accent in the House of Commons, armed with a genuine and impassioned determination to improve the lives of the disadvantaged, Angela Rayner serves as hope that British democracy will become more representative and the inequality that is endemic in Britain is stamped out for good.

She told him: “What we’ve always said is we want to find a deal, we said we respected the result of the referendum, we want to genuinely find it…. Rayner said: “Well, I never took part in that poll.”, The Labour frontbencher then elaborated: “People think we’re trying to stop Brexit. © 2020 ShoutOutUK LTD. (company no. Reacting to regional and chauvinist bias in the House of Commons, former Speaker John Bercow said he believed there was a real risk the House culture alienated the public. But if there is another vote, she'd back Remain, Get US and UK politics insight with our free daily email briefing straight to your inbox.

To see all content on The Sun, please use the Site Map. The 40-year-old was raised on a council estate in Stockport by her single mum, who couldn’t read or write and struggled with depression. Ms Rayner told Sky News' Sophy Ridge on Sunday: "I would be really worried about a second referendum to be honest. He replied: “You’ve got an anti-Semitism problem, you have lowered British politics.” Mr Farage told the audience he planned to spoil his ballot in Thursday’s election, and insisted he will never accept a seat in the House of Lords.

The tendency for women with broad northern accents to be marginalised and even mocked isn’t confined to the House of Common.

In a clip that has been widely shared in Labour circles on social media, Rayner was asked by Barnett: “Will you nationalise sausages?” The Labour representative had been talking about climate change. And she said the public don't want to delay Brexit - despite Labour being poised to do just that, and the Shadow Brexit Secretary warning it may be "inevitable". Unlike the Prime Minister, Rayner didn’t attend Eton College or study Classics at Balliol College, Oxford, or had ever been elected as President of the Oxford Union. Are rural English pubs a thing of antiquity?

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Angela Rayner, often tipped as a future party leadership contender, revealed that she could back a Labour-negotiated Brexit deal on BBC’s Question Time on Monday evening..

I don't think people want to see a delay in Article 50, I don't think people want a second referendum. You can unsubscribe at any time. #trustednewsday. We’re going to have the best of three?". https://t.co/me4QD5xnoU, — Wes Streeting MP (@wesstreeting) March 14, 2019. Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. Even though the frontbencher said she’d vo… Nationalise. What the new Covid restrictions mean, The Covid postcode checker explained, and which areas are in which tier, Rules and restrictions on moving between Tier 2 and Tier 1 areas under the new Covid system, What going on Taskmaster taught me about comedians, The rules for holidaying in the UK explained - and if the 3 tier system will change things. The MP for Ashton-under-Lyne was speaking on the ITV Peston show just hours after MPs voted to block a no-deal Brexit and Theresa May lost control of the process in a series of humiliating votes. Our dedicated coverage of Labour's policies and personalities, internal debates, selections and elections relies on donations from our readers. "Parliament has just got to get on with it," Ms Rayner added. The Ashton-under-Lyne MP says the key workers who kept the country running during lockdown are the people needed in power to help rebuild communities after the pandemic. What the new Covid restrictions mean, The Covid postcode checker explained, and which areas are in which tier, Rules and restrictions on moving between Tier 2 and Tier 1 areas under the new Covid system, What going on Taskmaster taught me about comedians, The rules for holidaying in the UK explained - and if the 3 tier system will change things. For other inquiries, Contact Us.

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"They want to see the best possible deal we can for Britain moving forward.". When asked if Labour would back Yvette Cooper's Brexit amendment, Ms Rayner signalled the party would - but only if it's "the only option we have". These cookies do not store any personal information. Click here to upload yours, Cleaning fans hail tip of using your radiator to make your house smell fresh, Sweary mums, penny sales & LOTS of stolen condoms - I worked at Home Bargains, 'Incest' mom 'raped son, 12, before warning him not to tell as he "accepted it"', Boris blasts Manchester Tier 3 lockdown is about 'saving lives', Sons forgive mum who tried to gas them to death with disposable BBQs, ©News Group Newspapers Limited in England No. Angela Rayner (née Bowen; born 28 March 1980) is a British politician serving as Shadow First Secretary of State since 2020, and has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Ashton-under-Lyne since 2015.A member of the Labour Party, she has served as its Deputy Leader, Chair and National Campaign Coordinator since April 2020.

Theresa May will not budge on her red lines, she's forcing us and trying to bully us into a no-deal scenario. Generally voted against raising the threshold at which people start to pay income tax Show votes 0 votes for, 6 votes against, 5 absences, between 2015–2018; We don’t have enough information to calculate Angela Rayner’s position on increasing the rate of VAT.Show votes 2 votes for, 1 vote against, 2 absences, between 2015–2019

“I think personally as politicians if we have to go back to the people we’ve failed. What makes a news organisation trustworthy? Even though the frontbencher said she'd vote to stay in the EU if there was another vote, she re-opened her party's civil war by saying we shouldn't have one. "I would probably vote Remain and the reason is I've seen over the last 2.5 years all the analysis we have got at the moment. Yet Ms Rayner said: "I don't think people want to see a delay in Article 50 [which set the date of Brexit]". This category only includes cookies that ensures basic functionalities and security features of the website. “I’d like to see what the deal is that we get. Frankie recently revealed she was 'tired and emotionally drained' after she had to rush her son to hospital, Phillip Schofield lifts lid on 'terrible' Noel Edmonds spat sparked by This Morning row, The TV host opened up about his fall-out with Noel Edmonds in his new book Life's What You Make It, Said Benrahma fails West Ham medical placing £25m transfer from Brentford in jeopardy, EXCLUSIVE: Said Benrahma has failed a medical at West Ham and may now not make the move to the London Stadium from Championship side Brentford, UK slams Russia for 'spreading fake news that Oxford University coronavirus vaccine will turn people into monkeys', Bizarre pictures and memes shown on Russian TV claiming the British coronavirus vaccine developed by AstraZeneca will turn people into apes, with one poster depicting Boris Johnson as 'bigfoot', have been condemned, SAGE expert calls for multiple circuit breaker lockdowns until Spring', Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham, in an impassioned press conference, accused the Government of treating the North "with contempt" and of trying to make it the "sacrificial lamb", Coronavirus watchlist: Areas that could be plunged into tier 3 lockdown next - FULL LIST, Lancashire is joining Liverpool City Region in a tier 3 lockdown, and Manchester, Nottingham, Leeds, Sheffield and the North East, including Newcastle, could be next, BREAKING: Two dead and one fighting for life as flatbed van smashes into lorry on M26 motorway, We'll be bringing you the very latest updates, pictures and video on this breaking news story, Scientists warn England coronavirus deaths 'likely to hit' 240-690 a day in TEN DAYS, The figures from Cambridge University will pile pressure on Boris Johnson - as one SAGE expert warned the virus could be back to where it was at the end of March in a couple of weeks, Jamie Oliver's wife Jools pays heartbreaking tribute to five babies they've lost, The famous chef and his wife marked the end of Baby Loss Awareness Week by lighting a candle for the babies they've lost through five tragic miscarriages, Viewers were very distracted by this woman nodding her head behind Donald Trump, If his answers weren't bizarre enough, the woman in the audience behind him nodding her head drove viewers to distraction, Coronavirus death rate in UK hospitals halves since start of pandemic, data shows, Figures show that just under 15 per cent of patients in hospital have died from coronavirus since the start of September, compared to under 30 per cent in Spring.

She later became a trade union rep, rising to become Unison’s most senior official in the North West. Leave-voters in the back say they would abandon the party if it threw its weight behind another vote. Tipped as a possible successor to Jeremy Corbyn, Ms Rayner backs Rebecca Long Bailey for top job instead Labour‘s shadow Education Secretary Angela Rayner said holding another public vote on Brexit would be “disastrous” despite the party being committed to holding such a vote. ", When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. The poster was compared to

Rayner is urging ‘everyday’ workers to go into politics.

Rayner has admitted in interviews that she had spent her life as the ‘underdog’, facing hurdles that many of her parliamentary colleagues could never imagine. Please enter your username or email address to reset your password. Angela Rayner, touted as a future Labour leadership contender, is likely to vote Leave if there is a second Brexit referendum under Jeremy Corbyn, she said on Monday night.