Rayner's Night Out: Door-Banging, Drinking Drama

0:00On April 30th, Angela Rainer, the labor bigwig eyed as a top pick to replace Keir Starmer, made headlines after a wild night at Parliament's Strangers Bar. Witnesses say she was deep into drinks, staggered out, and slammed straight into the main door with a huge bang, bending over from the hit. The door got yanked for repairs the next day. Parliament sources swear the fix had nothing to do with her crash, but folks in the bar called her absolutely smashed, with one saying she wasn't. Holding back at all, she reportedly yelled, I'm a socialist during a chat, wrapping up what looked like a long evening of socializing between votes. Critics jumped in quick, saying with local elections on May 7th and her possibly stepping up as Prime Minister soon, getting that trolleyed isn't. The look. One onlooker called it, not up to scratch for such a key moment, but a mate who saw her earlier insisted she seemed totally fine. This busts reports from just weeks back that Rainer had ditched booze to sharpen up for leadership after turning down drinks and going dry since, early this year.

1:04She's long-own her party girl vibe, loving lethal cocktails like Venom and Beachwine's last summer. Meanwhile, MP Drinking's back in the spotlight after a new green lawmaker said she could smell alcohol on colleagues midvotes. Rainer's team shot it all down as pure mischief, saying she just had one glass of wine with friends, and the door breaking tail is nonsense. Parliament's backing that too, calling repairs routine. Leaves you wondering if the top job spotlights already testing her edge.