<p>Angela Rayner heaped scorn on Sir Keir Starmer’s administration this week, fuelling fresh scrutiny of her ambitions. Does she want to return to cabinet or seize the reins? The former deputy prime minister issued a stark warning that the government is running out of time to change direction under Starmer, while also attempting to court the City. At the same time, the Greens continue to beat Labour in the polls with an unabashedly socialist platform.</p><p>Does all this signal the government will shift left?</p><p>Host Lucy Fisher is joined by the FT’s political editor George Parker, political correspondent Anna Gross, and <em>Inside Politics</em> columnist Stephen Bush to unpack what it all means. Plus FT US national editor Ed Luce shares insights on how he caught up with Donald Trump on his mobile this week.</p><p>Follow: Lucy on X: @LOS_Fisher, and Bluesky: @lucyfisher.ft.com George: @GeorgeWParker and @georgewparker.bsky.social; Stephen: @stephenkb and @stephenkb.bsky.social and Anna: <a href="https://twitter.com/AnnaSophieGross" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@AnnaSophieGross</a> and @annasophiegross.bsky.social</p><br><p><em>Want more?&nbsp;</em></p><br><p><a href="https://www.ft.com/content/a60e29d7-8810-4152-92f0-03120eed4f97?accessToken=zwAAAZ2hV7E4kdOmDinXiBBBUtOS8AMSDu1PlwE.MEYCIQDXSAMnYi-K0BZLLvZG7gYpet4SsZKqHSvphcK6-lOIBQIhAMR9C2zyoQHjd_sEIVv3ZNjkLygpCDX4XfgcnQSAz6Yu&amp;segmentId=1f56959f-51cc-c373-0eed-368092f34da4" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Is the Green Party too radical for Britain?</a></p><br><p><a href="https://www.ft.com/content/49fe3d0d-9cb6-41a0-9730-249e6eb7d04b?accessToken=zwAAAZ2luxvAkc9J_j0NnLZBoNOXMCSebrfQSwE.MEUCIQD7pfCFP1XzqRY-1n7YGpAZSgySamPFIdPwvaXf_RTg2AIgIxmKNjoo78aF8uzDqUz5DFnDA2ae8ePRD7AU_rHPKSE&amp;segmentId=1f56959f-51cc-c373-0eed-368092f34da4" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Labour’s leftward shift and the bond vigilante threat</a></p><br><p><a href="https://www.ft.com/content/16095282-24d4-4dba-af82-0a4892d9166d?accessToken=zwAAAZ2hYXDYkc8WCVKCJNRNutOvggpIktkWbQE.MEUCIQCkWchjOAFsne23hV1NLBzniS-8fngY2k3dLM-IX3HH_AIgf3Ej_QYZwsHUL_FjAoE5p6ILOiNiTUUqzLtGMi4mFUo&amp;segmentId=1f56959f-51cc-c373-0eed-368092f34da4" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">British right must not allow prejudice to be masked as principle</a></p><br><p><a href="https://www.ft.com/content/b2232784-053c-4a45-bc63-6171661fc37f?accessToken=zwAAAZ2hZEa3kdOyIyeEBTxKRdO8Y2FxZh_DfwE.MEQCIEs1dT7dboKBJ1-kOSKysRXDvVc_j-GXOKmRMNa1K-z6AiBq3zWskWktw9rXFA-7oiBPeJjtrKftF4gWw3JHhkvpuw&amp;segmentId=1f56959f-51cc-c373-0eed-368092f34da4" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Starmer calls on Badenoch to sack shadow minister over Muslim prayer comments&nbsp;</a></p><br><p><a href="https://www.ft.com/content/1ca6d121-760b-4ec5-b6ad-514fdaa94873?accessToken=zwAAAZ2hZ2c-kc8cptEhdgtOxdO2rVFP2qlIcwE.MEQCIGHIxPsP8OCMYYiZnSe13VCkHlDLDPktIJ0S23X-MQ1XAiBzxk7l2EK35QetAD7MDTMDB7X4gILbIJK0Lx9zLo8DBQ&amp;segmentId=1f56959f-51cc-c373-0eed-368092f34da4" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Donald Trump warns Nato faces ‘very bad future’ if allies fail to help US in Iran&nbsp;</a></p><br><p>Sign up <a href="https://www.ft.com/InsidePoliticsOffer" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a> for Stephen Bush's morning newsletter <em>Inside Politics</em> for straight-talking insight into the stories that matter, plus puns and tongue (mostly) in cheek. Get 30 days free.</p><br><p>Presented by Lucy Fisher.&nbsp;Produced by Clare Williamson. The executive producer is Flo Phillips. Audio mix and original music by Breen Turner.&nbsp;The FT’s head of audio is Cheryl Brumley.&nbsp;</p><br><p>Our email address is political<a href="mailto:[email protected]" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[email protected]</a></p><br><p><em>Clip: BBC</em></p><br><p><a href="https://www.ft.com/content/5c47a09f-d7f8-4251-8084-9643dcc367cc?" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com</strong></a></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>