NEW: Angela Rayner declares radical new deal for workers under Labour

Speaking at the TUC conference in Liverpool, Angela Rayner announced Labour's plans to implement a new deal for workers in the first 100 days of being in government.
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[@yetidodger6650]

tax wealth, tax the fossil fuel companies properly, build council estates and fix our services or f*** off.

[@jonathanwright6174]

People born here in the 80's and 90's still don't have a council house like there parents or grandparents who had the chance to be at peace at least, and are still expected to pay more tax on everything, work longer and harder.

[@timwoodger7896]

👏👍✊

[@thigearlatha]

Well said comrade.

[@ianchinsor9248]

Wealth is already highly taxed, you might know that someday if you get off your arse and start building your own wealth

[@colincampbell4261]

​@@ianchinsor9248Mr angry talking. No wealth is made without the workers.

[@UkSapyy]

Tax wealth, hold companies accountable, fix corruption, make our basic servives reliable so they are not making insane profits off of water or energy, fund our infrastructure, house, educate and build back our International reputation for sound government, otherwise Labour has no value and I'll be voting for my regional independence party next time around 😂

[@blunderbusssi9587]

I still find it baffling that such a precious necessity as water can even BE privatized...

[@Deathwish026]

goodluck with that party getting anywhere. dead vote 🤣

[@LimeyRedneck]

@@blunderbusssi9587 I wonder how long it'll be before our air is?.. It's already sold in bottles and if the only way to get breathable air is that way, well someone's got to cover costs/ make a profit - the bottles won't fill themselves you know?!!

[@joetrent4753]

My guess is Labour are saying and doing very little so as to stop a rightwing media smear campaign. At least wait for a GE to be announced and Labour to reveal their policies. I also wouldn’t put it past them to be holding back on any radical policies until after the election. The rightwing press are vicious and will tear Labours policies apart whilst distracting from the Tories and their nasty behaviour.

[@petyrkowalski9887]

@@blunderbusssi9587its a massive crime and tory grift. Thatcher committed this atrocity.

[@reecephillips2003]

First left wing policy I've heard from Labour in a while. Starmer keeps U-Turning on every policy that differentiates Labour from Tories. I just hope it's true and that she can pull it off before she's expelled from the party.

[@philmckay9973]

He has waffled and forgot ppl he called friends once…very insincere i find

[@markmaher4548]

She's 2IC of the party, Kier would never expel her from the party. He knows that would just hand the next GE to the fecking Tories.

[@noah6351]

​@@markmaher4548she's never tried to disobey him tho

[@julianshepherd2038]

Trust Starmer😂

[@Totalinternalreflection]

They have to teach carefully because the tory media will tear apart near anything he says plus they keep wreaking the economy so much that labour will be taking over a nation with even less money and resources than originally thought. Also he won't be PM for more than a few years and Angela is very likely to take over and that will be so good.

[@grahampeters7297]

I want to believe. It's hard to believe. And that increasing lack of trust may turn out to be a big problem for Labour.

[@stujujitwingfut5192]

How can you still believe politicians make the decisions, for decades its been the same no matter who sits in power your vote gives you the illusion that you are in power, that you can make a difference.

[@professorpigeon6517]

@@stujujitwingfut5192 and that is exactly how the Tories stay in power by idiots like you too lazy to engage saying they’re all the same

[@FITZYIS]

just remember one day that wasp will sting you

[@davidsmith5523]

Can I just say. We live in the present. Not the past.

[@eleSDSU]

​@@davidsmith5523those who don't remember the past are condemned to repeat it.

[@turbokadett]

It's such a shame that She's not the Leader and Starmer the Deputy. I've heard her story in her own words and I know that she believes that Labour should be for the people.

[@KapnScumdreg]

Yep, if she'd stood for leader instead of Rebecca 'Wooden'-Bailey (as shadow chancellor instead), I reckon she'd have won.

[@valeriethompson3584]

Nah. She's not up to his background. A good pairing of her & Starmer.

[@1inchPunchBowl]

One person does not make a party. It's still Green for me until Starmer grows a spine.

[@ex-cursion]

If you're talking about a general election, then that's a vote for the tories due to FPTP. Vote Labour, or tactically vote (google), and demand PR.

[@andrewcoley6029]

Angela is brill. I hope Mandelson and his like don't marginalise her just as Pescott was under the war criminal Blair.

[@andrewcooper3388]

"Peety" and blair are still in charge

[@TihetrisWeathersby]

Love Angela, She's the only front bencher I like

[@archvaldor]

Is there any reason you like her other than her accent and/or you think she is "relatable"? Because this sounds like pretty bland meaningless stuff to me. Could have been any politician talking nonsense in the last 20 years.

[@powderandpaint14]

That's because she's the only one Starmer can't get rid of because she was voted in by the members!

[@powderandpaint14]

​@@archvaldordid you not hear the policies she spoke about?

[@davidsmith5523]

​@@archvaldorWhat a tragically sad comment. Like is an emotional response. It self justifies because it claims to be nothing more than an expression of feeling. But you feel somebody must justify that, to you. But why? Who are you? Surely just another person. Responsible only for your own likes and dislikes. Or do you see things differently? Cynicism helps nobody.

[@archvaldor]

@@powderandpaint14 "did you not hear the policies she spoke about?" Do you know what a policy commitment is? It isn't a vague statement that can be walked back on.

[@rowdogspeaks5900]

Angela Raynor is the reason I still hold out a shred of hope that Labour will deliver something decent for working people.

[@clivet3252]

Why? She stabbed Jeremy Corbyn in the back

[@keithparker1346]

Then you are foolish to put your faith in just 1 person

[@FITZYIS]

Blair has got more brains in his wind than no brayner rayner and look where he got us , war and war and war and no money and no gold and then he left like a fart

[@FITZYIS]

i`m sorry i have to tell you father christmas is not real , jackson closed never never land , all you got now is medication i hope , sounds like you`l need it

[@stevespain6445]

So you won't be holding Starmer's Labour to account. You're no different to the other fools who can't see there in no Leftism left.

[@DecMurphy]

I feel bad for her being surrounded by Starmerites in the shadow cabinet, I hope she can do what she wants to do in government.

[@pizzaboy2242]

This is Starmers policy

[@DecMurphy]

@@pizzaboy2242 You think the right came up with these policies? They were in the 2017 and 2019 manifestos. Any good policy you hear from the Labour party now is just something the right haven't got round to ditching yet.

[@damianstarr1696]

There’s absolutely no way Starmer lets the deputy leader of the party come and give a speech like this without him vetting the content of it. Watch Labour produce some left wing policies in the last conference before the election.

[@pizzaboy2242]

@@DecMurphy Labours been on about this pretty consistently, Starmers been talking about a new deal since mid 2021, the details of the plan have been publicly available since last year (linked), I know most people don't listen when labour actually announces policies, but they have been consistent on this d1bjkg80djm167.cloudfront.net/uploads/2022/12/22.12.09-New-Deal-Report-Digital-Media.pdf

[@DecMurphy]

@@damianstarr1696 If you're on the "they'll turn into socialists after they win" copium then you'll be bitterly disappointed. They're on the side of capital, not labour, they care only about power, not making people's lives better. Raynor isn't just a minion of Starmer, she has her own mandate so she can be more progressive than the right without getting immediately purged. That said, I doubt she'll actually be able to get much of this done, the neoliberals around her won't allow it, they'll water it down massively to make it more palatable to their capitalist donors.

[@thegamingeconomist3831]

Rayner is just there to give Starmer some working class credentials, exactly as Prescott did for Blair.

[@joso7228]

Thats called 'Balance'. And thats exactly what we want from Labour.

[@jonathanwright6174]

@@joso7228 only if we really get balance build more council houses and house people who are born here is one of my main issues.

[@jonathanwright6174]

@@chedz3409 amen.

[@benjaminhuston1390]

A bit pessimistic , Starmers tactic is not to scare off too many undecided voters

[@oinkoink6092]

hope you are wrong. I wish her to take over starmer...

[@davidyersz8668]

NEVER trust a Politician

[@fungibu7184]

Hope she doesn't get kicked out of the shadow cabinet for this. 😬

[@oneoflokis]

She can't be. She's the elected Deputy Leader.

[@liamstanley2325]

Have to admit this is even makes me laugh abit.

[@alaskanmalamute101]

You think she'd do this with Keir's support? Lol she takes heat off Keir from the right wing media no doubt the more controversial lefty policies Rayner will come out and announce them as they already hate her same with Sadiq Khan. Pretty sure Keir supports them both they just playing the Tories. Keir is following Sunak to the right to give them no room for votes, it's 100% strategic. Starner does not want an X vote for Labour, Y vote for Tory. Doesnt want to divide people like the Tories do, wants to get as bigger majority as possible. Is why the Tories have been fishing for policies that will cause diversion that will get them some votes and not face been completely wiped out that is why they pushing hard to get the immigration (racist) votes, triple lock votes (literally the over 65s are the only group they haven't fu*ked over) now there trying demonize climate change to win over climate denier's and flat earthers. There basically the Republican Party at this point might aswell make Donald Trump leader. Meanwhile schools are crumbling, NHS is on a ventilator, policing is non existent, water is full of 💩, prisons are bursting at the seams (literally), electric and gas are 📈, public transport is a luxury you don't have if you don't live in London, housing is missing a foundation.

[@michaellawrence7570]

Angela rayner should be PM great politican and woman

[@oneoflokis]

She'd certainly be better than Starver!

[@johnou.k.3780]

Great example yeah right

[@indricotherium4802]

High on aspirations. Short on specifics. Several qualifiers: 'we have work to do'; 'we have to make the case'. Hmmm!

[@julianshepherd2038]

Sounds great but we know that what Labour says will change within 6 months.

[@keithparker1346]

6 days

[@Christinebanks11]

Let me guess , NOTHING

[@GarfieldtheDestroyer]

Can't wait for Keir to U-turn on this. Another Labour leadership election to get rid of him would be nice

[@Noel-ji8nm]

You should have voted for Corbyn.

[@sueyourself5413]

@@Noel-ji8nm He probably did..

[@oneoflokis]

Wouldn't it just! 😏👍 #StarmerOut

[@markmaher4548]

Yeah, Corbyn, who refused to take a position on Brexit. He could of mobilised millions of remain voters. Instead, he sat on the fence.

[@daveb7095]

Please please Angela make it happen for all the normal people in this country. Dave

[@bfcfan2739]

Dream on

[@FITZYIS]

aww are you a stop oil protester as well or just on strong medication

[@user-eg4oy9qv6k]

Never going to happen all talk

[@ellastarrr1st149]

Rayner useless like the rest

[@ToyotaGuy1971]

This controled opposition puppet isnt doing anything; the workers are. GO WORKERS! KEEP OUT OLIGARCHY, CONTROLLED OPPOSITION PUPPETS. WOMAN, GET BACK IN THE KITCHEN WITH YOUR CHILDREN WHERE YOU BELONG! TEACH THEM SOMETHING THEY CAN USE!

[@karlhinze]

Sorry… what exactly did she say here that she’ll do to help workers exactly? More style over substance from Labour yet again.

[@montyriviera795]

You've hit the nail on the head. She didn't actually say anything.

[@PixelRatedGames]

big fan of Angela. I hope she plays a large part in the next government.

[@Noel-ji8nm]

She's a bottler.

[@markmaher4548]

We all do, she'll be Kier's touch stone to keep him on track & "intouch" with the workers.

[@PixelRatedGames]

@@Noel-ji8nm what, specifically, has she bottled?

[@Noel-ji8nm]

@@PixelRatedGames Bottled her convictions.

[@PixelRatedGames]

@@Noel-ji8nm that was very specific. Well done.

[@daveelliott1000]

She didn’t actually say anything . Not being Conservative is not good enough reason to vote Labour. Offer people something . Not everyone is thick

[@callumgordon1668]

As a Trade Union member, I wouldn’t have Labour in a lucky bag. Can’t trust them further than they can be flung.

[@andrewmark2783]

They're great policies. It's just unfortunately hard to have much confidence that they'll fare any better than the other promises and pledges Starmer and his team have made and gone back on in the past 3 years.

[@davidsmith5523]

In opposition.

[@andrewmark2783]

@@davidsmith5523 What makes you think it would be any different in power?

[@davidsmith5523]

@andrewmark2783 Because unlike the current occupants of the hallowed Wedminster Corridors of power. This group believ4 in representative democracy. So the social contract will be reinstated and an attempt to carry out responsible government will be made. Of course, you can claim via crystal ball that they won't or that they will be incompetent, but you asked me why I think something, not how I know something. So my answer, though optimistic, is realistically possible. The proof will be after the General Rlection, not here in the comments section of a You Tube video.

[@nathanaelsmith3553]

Something positive at last.

[@callmeroy2172]

Sorry, what is the 'New Deal' for workers?

[@keithparker1346]

vague stuff

[@callmeroy2172]

@@keithparker1346 I read the policy details on their website. It was one paragraph: 'Labour will strengthen the protections afforded to all workers by banning zero-hours contracts, outlawing bogus self-employment; and ending qualifying periods for basic rights, which leave working people waiting up to two years for basic protections. This will include unfair dismissal, sick pay, and parental leave, giving working people under Labour rights at work from day one.' I am not syaing it's bad but it is basically doing the very least you could do with regard to sick pay and regading the abolition of zero-hours contracts Im for it but the devil is in the details which at the moment is sorely lacking. Also, It's the kind of policy that can easily be backed out of for various reasons. Underwhelming, nice, but underwhelming. We'll see.

[@TristanJ22]

@@callmeroy2172I rather have an underwhelming promise that is kept that an overwhelming one that can’t be pushed through.

[@keithparker1346]

@@TristanJ22 they are set for a massive majority...they can push through basically ANYTHING

[@TristanJ22]

@@keithparker1346 if there is one thing certain in politics then it’s that Labour can always fuck up any majority they have. Let’s wait and see what the election brings

[@jethrotull2142]

I'm not sure IF Angela Rayner can deliver with someone like Keir Starmer pulling the strings but her last words "I Will NOT Let You Down" sounds a lot like Rita Ora 9 years ago singing "I Will NEVER Let You Down" and that song was GREAT!

[@jamescaley9942]

I was also lucky to have an education. I studied "information theory". We learned how signals can be analysed for their information content. Some messages can contain lots of noise but practically no information. It always reminded of politics.

[@joso7228]

And the fact that with your education you cannot even write a complete coherent sentence shows us you are just making noise.

[@za.307]

Well those pledges are as likely to happen as those Starmer promised during the leadership contest. That's the state of the Labour party... they are trustworthy as an alcoholic promising not to drink in a brewery.

[@chalermchaiwattanawongpitu7196]

Yes , Don't let them down....😊😊😊😊❤❤❤

[@amandahunter4034]

Sorry, but she already let us down. Jeremy Corbyn gave her a shadow front bench role, and, for all her leftwing talk, she turned on him and genuine leftwing policies that would have created a much fairer Britain with a better standard of living for the majority of people, and hitched herself to Starmer. She has a lot of ground to make up before she can be believed again.

[@TristanJ22]

People didn’t want those left wing policies…clearly it didn’t work

[@ince55ant]

count-down to keith saying this isnt gonna happen because "we need to grow the economy first"

[@keithparker1346]

fiscal rules :)

[@darkshadowssonic]

how long till Starmer u-turns on this?

[@unklejon4690]

Am thinking of the soggy lettuce test on that issue

[@lobintool]

Pure "gold dust"..just wait for Starmer giving her the sack!

[@zenouxbeauty]

This is why Labour should not be trusted on leading our country :Birmingham City Council has become the latest to declare bankruptcy after racking up millions in debt. The local authority has been forced to issue a section 114 notice as it struggles to repay £760m in equal pay claims. This means it has 21 days to come up with a plan to balance the books and must freeze all spending apart from statutory spending and on services to protect the vulnerable. In extreme cases councils can be taken over by central government until their financial issues are resolved. Here Sky News looks at other authorities to have been forced into bankruptcy in recent years - and why.Although austerity has been the main driver of councils going bust over the past decade, financial issues in Hackney, east London far pre-date that. In 2000, the Labour-run administration declared it didn't have the funds to meet its spending commitments. A subsequent report found there had been "widespread mismanagement" and "inadequate accounting".Managers were accused of hiding the true costs of services from councillors, with one £5m rubbish collection contract ultimately costing double that amount. The council agreed it would try to save £4.5m in a year and £18m the next. Meanwhile a nursery closed because there was no money to fix a leak in the roof, parks and gardening vehicles ran out of fuel, and one council tenant had a new bath fitted - but there was told there wasn't enough money for any taps.Northamptonshire County Council was the first to declare bankruptcy in over two decades. The Conservative-run authority had long prided itself on leading the way in privatisation, low-council tax and resident value for money. But failing to take into account a growing population, its high-risk strategies of outsourcing social care services and selling off public buildings backfired. It was left with shortfalls of £70m - just after it spent £53m on a new building for its headquarters. Following the section 114 notice, major job and service cuts were announced. Ultimately in 2021, the county council and seven districts underneath it were dissolved and reorganised into two unitary authorities - North and West Northamptonshire. Slough (2021)Labour-run Slough Borough Council declared bankruptcy in July 2021 after discovering a £100m gap in its finances. But subsequent auditing by Grant Thornton found it had in fact run up £760m in debt. A report by its newly appointed chief financial officer Steven Mair concluded that years of poor leadership and quality control were behind the shortfalls. Government commissioners were brought in to run day-to-day operations in December. Slough promised to raise council tax and sell off £600m in a bid to balance its books. Thurrock (2022)Thurrock, on the Thames Estuary in Essex, filed a section 114 in December 2022 after declaring a £469m black hole in is finances. Concerns had been raised as far back as 2018 over the Conservative-run authority's alleged "extreme" appetite for financial risk. The council's former finance director Sean Clark was blamed for running up most of the losses, having borrowed from other local authorities to pay for risky commercial investments in things like solar farms. A review found he was able to make high-risk decisions with almost zero oversight - and had attempted to silence many of his critics. The council's investment policy was paused in September 2020 before government commissioners were brought in two years later to monitor spending. It was put into special measures and had to ask central government for a £636m bailout after debts reached £1.5bn. Croydon (2022) The south London borough went bust under the Conservatives in November 2022 - but first declared bankruptcy just two years earlier while still under Labour. Its first section 114 notice came after risky property investments and overspends on social care, which ultimately led to a £120m government bailout. Questions had been raised in 2013 over the decision to spend more per square foot than the Shard on a new headquarters. The £144m council building went alongside the £53m retail park it bought in 2018 - which failed to bring in a promised annual income of £1.4m. In a bid to address its £1.6bn debt, the council said it could raise around £100m by selling off 18 properties, including libraries and youth centres. An independent review by the Local Government Association in February 2023 blamed "organisational dysfunction" for Croydon's financial woes. Northumbria (2022)

[@spartacusforlife1508]

What £ 14 an hour minimum wage ? Bet she doesn't say that 😁

[@pauldaviesantiques1556]

Just hope Angela and others are able to push through pragmatic deals like this once Labour take power next year.

[@keithparker1346]

There's no meat on the bones...there's no details...this is just propaganda

[@OnTheSofaUK]

An encouraging speech, unfortunately I don't trust Keir Starmer's Labour to deliver this New Deal. I actually think Starmer would get rid of Angela Rayner if he could.

[@SteveGouldinSpain]

Is she in the same party as Starmer? It's all so confusing!

[@TheApc95uk]

Honestly I just wish Keir would step down and let Angela take the lead. We need a female PM that is not a tory

[@indricotherium4802]

He won't. The only possible route to a change would be from dissent expressed by the members and the unions at the Labour Party conference. If the will was there it could happen but I suspect the sheep response will prevail.

[@TheApc95uk]

@@indricotherium4802 I agree with you, I think the only situation where he would step down is the loss of a general election.

[@TristanJ22]

@@TheApc95ukI think Starmer is good for Labour. Yes he might be more to the centre than many would like but so was Blair. Many people in the UK just aren’t ready (mentally) for very progressive policies and a slow introduction to it with a more moderate approach might be more helpful. After all elections are won in the centre.

[@FITZYIS]

dianne abbot for pm , same scenario ! you dont need many brain cells to jump off a cliff but seems your over Qualified to make even that decision

[@FITZYIS]

IF they lose the election , you mean WHEN they lose the election both of them will be backbenchers and rayner will be a care worker again

[@kevinmunro8210]

Great to hear some positive policies from the party. Starmer needs to continue to keep traditional Labour voters on board whilst appealing to swing voters and Tory sceptics, a tough call by any measure..

[@adeosinowo3197]

she's twice the leader Kier will Ever be!

[@DoesAnyoneElseSmellBurntToast]

I'll be voting green or independent

[@gerryburntwood9617]

And within three days of her saying this it’s been put on hold! This is Starmers Labour!

[@oj3774]

WE ARE SO moderately BACK

[@shig4238]

Don’t believe a word they say

[@frankie6954]

Back workers' rights and conditions. Don't be a traitor to the Labour Party by following Starmer. I have no faith in her promises. While Starmer is in charge, it's not going to happen. I've always voted Labour. The only way I'll vote Labour again, is if Angela Rayner is in charge. I never have, and never will vote Tory.

[@oneoflokis]

💯👍

[@californiadreamin8423]

Corbyn betrayed working people by his support for the Tories….wake up and get your head out of the sand.

[@markmaher4548]

Depends on what you specify as being a traitor to the party? Improving workers conditions? Improving workers pay? Increasing industrial output to increase Jobs? Where exactly does the above aims make some one a traitor to the party?

[@oneoflokis]

@@markmaher4548 Now WHERE does Starmer even SAY he'll do all or any of that? More recently than 6 months ago, I mean.... 😏

[@markmaher4548]

@@oneoflokis He's not in No.10 yet! Give the bloke a chance to prove he's as good as his word! If he isn't? I'll be calling him all the names under the sun aswell!

[@greentrumpet]

Hope that's a pledge!

[@toyotaprius79]

Are they any but trustworthy with Kier?

[@fleshgordon8773]

I will believe it when i see it. Lots of nice sounds, a little light on the detail as usual for the Blairites.

[@jacobeasoundsystem]

An encouraging speech, I’ll wait for some actual policies….

[@yesyoureright]

I have faith in her let's hope she removes the unbelievable cruelty towards the sick ill and destitute on benefits and makes a way to hold tory mps accountable for the cruelty against them.

[@chrissmith7655]

Kid Starver will sack her now!!

[@richardhowlett4097]

I'm sorry, but i was not impressed by what she said. She should have given us an idea of what she intends to do for workers and what they would do about the 'elite' who receive salaries per annum equal to 2 or 3 weeks earnings of a worker. The discrepancy between them is obscene and it's time to put it right, if /when Labour are in power.

[@billsilver6429]

Don't let us down Ange. Dump Starmer.

[@peterellis6862]

Now, let me think, how many times have I heard this one?

[@hughcaskey9542]

Has she any new deals for Birmingham council now bankrupt under a labour administration pull the other one rayner

[@user-el9gi8ht9i]

If you work and pay your way, you get nothing. If you lay in bed all day or come over on a boat, you get everything and more.

[@captainwin6333]

Oh yes you will let people down. It's in Labour's DNA.

[@josephasghar]

How she can stomach being in the same room, breathing the same air as Starmer, leads me to distrust her equally.

[@Peter-ud9bx]

That is so good to hear.

[@TheDandonian]

It's not tangible enough. Lots of vague words without clear deliverables.

[@scottelkington7661]

Question is, why do we never hear this from Starmer??

[@keithparker1346]

because it aint going to happen

[@speedyspeederson]

In fairness that wouldn't improve anyone's confidence it is going to happen would it?

[@toughercoot0518]

She’ll be kicked out on day one.

[@MartinMc90]

Repealing that anti-trade union laws. Think that includes the 50% of members needing to vote?

[@M_Bamboozled]

She says Labour mayors are plugging the gaps. People like Jamie Driscoll. Whatever happened to him? 🤔

[@fmj9346]

I no longer believe a word from Labour, not a single one. You have lost mine and my families vote. The hypocrisy and greed displayed by Starmeris utterly disgraceful.

[@TristanJ22]

Anything is better than tories…any other cote is wasted

[@keithparker1346]

@@TristanJ22 nonsense parroted by the intellectual cripples aka win at any cost Starmer fanboys

[@TristanJ22]

@@keithparker1346 who would you rather see in No 10? A Sunak led Tory government or a Starmer let Labour government?

[@keithparker1346]

@@TristanJ22 neither as they both have crap policies. I'd prefer Green

[@odinallfarther6038]

Don't be taken in !

[@barricadeish]

Oh dear when whenever Starmers Fuhrer hears this it will be “Rayner Cooler “

[@richardbannister-jz8so]

What did she say of any substance?

[@Ulysses75]

Bravo. Shame that we have to label what she’s proposing as ‘radical’ though isn’t it.

[@siobhan-rae]

Last labour MP i have any faith in.

[@raquetdude]

Get to know more of them then.

[@RichO1701e]

​@@raquetdudethere's about 5 of the who are decent. Rayner is not one them

[@raquetdude]

@@RichO1701e get to know more then lol

[@jonsmith5058]

@@raquetdude Which ones then, besides her and Chris Bryant who are they?

[@raquetdude]

@@jonsmith5058 find them, there’s soooo many, not saying you need to have over 20 but there are ones you will find if you widen what’s acceptable to yourself. Don’t look at politics as the lesser of evils as politics is constantly about balancing opportunities, perfect politicians/parties are never impossible.

[@alexanders7569]

What's the point of a new deal for working people if housing is out of reach for those working people? None of this matters until the UK housing crisis is resolved

[@telenNG]

I'm starting to think that Keir starmer is basically just a figurehead for the Labour party the real power behind it is this woman!

[@GlennLeinster]

Forget Tory Starmer just vote Green or independent and as for Angela Rayner being on the left I remember her telling all the lefties to get out of the party so 250.000 members did, we may well have a Labour government but they won't have my vote and they don't want it they would rather have a Tory voter

[@richardhowlett4097]

Opps, put the figures the wrong way round, in my anger, it should have been a years wage of a worker and 2 or 3 weeks salary of the so called 'elite.'

[@DW-indeed]

I've heard of "New Deals" in the past, possibly had a couple in my lifetime. Who are they between? Who gets to agree the terms? Can we cancel during the cooling off period?

[@joso7228]

The last New Deal was done down the DSS.

[@SI-vb7hd]

Haha yeah right. Starmer will put it down in a month.

[@FancyMcDancy]

Yeah, but what IS the "radical new deal for workers"?

[@keithparker1346]

Vague promises to the unions

[@mikeyoung7660]

Im working class but i dont trust any party now.

[@ahdkaw]

I'll believe it when I see it. Been let down far too many times now.

[@danielcollinson4456]

Unfortunately, I think Angela will Get sh#t on. I'd be amazed if the workers' bills don't get significantly watered-down.

[@Brellowcrop]

I didn't hear a single policy.

[@timelwell7002]

I'm sure Angela Rayner is sincere in what she says. Sadly, I'm not so sure about Starmer, Reeves, Streeting, Evans, Akehurst, Mandelson, etc. Hence the (entiirely justified) criticisms of Starmer's Labour from the likes of Mick Lynch, leader of the RMT Union. I'm not saying that Starmer won't deliver what Rayner is promising - but TBH it's not looking good, if the rhetoric Starmer is using is anything to go by - such things as: * "I'm a Conservative with a small 'c'..." * '"Electoral Reform is NOT a priority." * "Under a Labour government *Freedom of Movement is a thing of the past.* We have to move on from that." * "We will NOT be abolishing Student Fees." * "We will NOT be recruiting nurses and doctors from abroad." * "We will NOT prioritise repealing Tory legislation - we'll see how it 'beds in' first." * "The NHS must REFORM or DIE." * "We will NOT do away with the 2-child benefit cap." * "Under a Labour government the UK will NEVER, EVER seek to rejoin the EU, or the Single Market, or the Customs' Union." * "Labour will NOT impose a Wealth Tax on the super-rich." * "Labour will NOT re-nationalize Water." * "Labour will NOT re-nationalize Energy." * "I HATE tree huggers." Substitute the word 'Labour' for the word 'Conservative' and you have Tory policies in every detail, down to a 'T.' Rayner has reently been demoted and effecively sidelined by Starmer. She is the only remaining left-wing MP in the Shadow Cabinet, and the only one with significant Union backing. Therefore Starmer didn't want to risk the possibility of a massive internal rebellion had he sacked her from the Shadow Cabinet altogether.

[@markmiwurdz3992]

The more I hear from her, the more I love her.

[@Lemonie76]

Let’s see how much Starmer allows to actually happen, because he does not strike me as for the workers, more for big business and keeping things pretty much the same! After he lied to win the leadership, I don’t trust him as far as I could kick him! 🤷‍♀️

[@oneoflokis]

If only it were true.. 😏

[@JamesHere-ou9xp]

So, to paraphrase: she WILL let us down at the very first opportuni1ty and every last one available. Tory. Infiltrator.

[@martinradcliffe4798]

Hmmm.... that is what you sound like.....

[@PorthLlwyd]

It would be nice if my vote mattered, but it counts for nothing.

[@johnattwood9937]

Talks a good job, let’s see what happens when Labour get in. Hopefully a good thing, probably more Political BS ?

[@aaronjohnson6916]

She'll be purged at the first opportunity...there's nothing Left of Labour.

[@keithayre6793]

labour frontbencher sacked by sir k.stammer after appearing on pickett line.why ?😁

[@missma7882]

Let's see if the starmer overturns yet again..

[@cragmc8386]

She's hot potatoes! ❤ Should make her PM

[@kieronjones5460]

All pledges abandoned four days after this speech. Starmer and Mandelson must have set her up for this, there is no sick pay entitlement from day one no end to zero hour contracts. Four days to renege on everything, Four funking days!

[@mumitm8212]

Starmer isn't going to appoint her

[@simonfunwithtrains1572]

A Labour Government with these policies would be fantastic and I have always got time for Angela Rayner. However, I am not so confidant about Kier Starmer, he gives me the impression that he is still too sympathetic to 'Big Business'. I like him, but am afraid he won't be brave enough as a Labour Leader needs to be for the betterment of all UK citizens.

[@stanwilson8089]

I am so glad that Starmer can't demote his deputy leader by Labour rules.What a Lady Angela is.

[@jayplay8140]

Rayner is being used by Labour as a credibility prop. She's legit and popular, and the others aren't.

[@kassachap]

Can you trust her tho?

[@tomtom-gi9eo]

This "new deal" is a bunch of words. The Red Tories attempting to play all sides of the fence without offering anything substantial.