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A bad day for Rayner and Badenoch shows why politics feels broken, writes Andrew Marr

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05.09.2025

By Katy Ronkin

So should she stay or should she go?

We are talking obviously about the Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner who has admitted failing to pay enough stamp duty on her £800,000 flat in Hove.

Now, politics, as I keep saying, is also theatre. MPs love nothing more than a public hanging, and there was an air of excited anticipation in the comments at the beginning of Prime Minister‘s questions. Keir Starmer leaned over and patted his deputy on the shoulder, but that didn’t mean she was necessarily safe even in the short term. That........

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