George Parker

a story will be seen through the prism of when's Andy Burnham going to strike.

So I think the moment we see him back at Westminster, the clock will be ticking on Keir Starmer's premiership.

It sounds unlikely, but I think she's realistic.

I mean, she's got a lot of political baggage, not least, you know, she was the housing minister when this scandal erupted about the fact she hadn't paid the correct taxes on her house transactions.

That's not a very good look.

In the middle of a cost of living crisis, you know, it's possible that she's going to be fined by HM Revenue and Customs.

I mean, how does that look to voters?

If you look at the approval ratings for Angela Rayner, she's the fourth least popular politician in Britain after...

Keir Starmer, the Chancellor of Rachel Reeves and Nigel Farage.

So it's not obvious that Angela Rayner would be a salvation for the Labour Party.

And I think she's clever enough to realise that.

So I think if she could be deputy leader of the party in an Andy Burnham government, I think she would probably, I could be wrong about this, but probably be okay with her.

I'd be amazed if that were to happen, because once you're in that forum, I've been in the Oval Office with one of those media scrums, and it's absolutely anarchic, chaotic.

I think the idea that King Charles would be anywhere near that kind of environment, I think, is extremely unlikely.

I mean, I think, you know, you have to bear in mind that unlike Keir Starmer, for whom Donald Trump seems to have some virtue of contempt these days,

He does respect the British royal family.

He was on good behaviour when he came to Britain for the state visit last year to Windsor Castle.

And I expect he won't do anything that will put King Charles in an embarrassing situation.

in America, although with Donald Trump, you never know, of course.

Yeah, I mean, Keir Starmer initially had a good relationship with Donald Trump that surprised many people.