Sir Keir Starmer bombarded Angela Rayner, his deputy, with repeated calls. They went unanswered. It was 5.30pm last Saturday and tensions were boiling over in the Labour Party high command after a string of disastrous election results. The party leader was desperate to get hold of Rayner. But intelligence was already reaching Starmer’s office that she might respond by triggering a coup to oust him.

Source: The Times May 15, 2021 23:03 UTC