Angela Rayner's next move and Morgan McSweeney's missing messages
About this episode
- We reveal what happened when Morgan McSweeney lost his phone, and what it means for the Mandelson files.
- As Angela Rayner looks like she's preparing to challenge Keir Starmer, other senior Labour MPs are jostling for position.
- What is the government willing and able to do to help in the Strait of Hormuz? Spoiler: not much.
- And as the questions about Britain's economy and place in the world get harder, are fewer Labour politicians interested in asking, let alone answering, them?
Steven Swinford, political editor, The Times
Patrick Maguire, chief political commentator, The Times
Gabriel Pogrund, Whitehall editor, The Sunday Times
Producers: Euan Dawtrey, Harry Kitson
Executive producer: Molly Guinness
Picture credit: Getty Images
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