If Angela Rayner and Keir Starmer are in an ‘arranged marriage’, it could be a very messy divorce

The Labour deputy leader equates her relationship with the would-be prime minister to one of domestic disharmony. Watch out, Keir, warns John Rentoul, there’s trouble ahead…

There is a lot more going on between Starmer and Rayner than is visible to the naked eye (PA Wire)

More ominous than the theme from Jaws was the moment’s hesitation when Angela Rayner was asked if she knew what her policy responsibilities would be if there were a Labour government.

“Well,” she said to Nick Robinson on the BBC’s Today programme. “The important thing is that I will be the deputy prime minister and I will be the deputy leader of the Labour Party.”

This part of the interview was only a minute or so long, in between questions about the two-child cap on benefits, clean air zones, trans rights and miscarriages of justice – all of which Rayner dealt with confidently and well.