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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Lifestyle
Patrick Diamond

Voices: Will Labour choose Starmer’s nightmare candidate as his deputy leader?

Is Keir Starmer’s worst political nightmare about to unfold? Following Angela Rayner’s resignation from the cabinet as well as her role as Labour’s deputy leader, the party has been plunged into another self-inflicted crisis.

Labour is a party where ideological schism and civil war are never far away – and, as the contest to replace her begins, the prime minister’s problems may be about to get a great deal worse.

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