"As any political adviser worth their salt will attest, it's never too soon to start privately preparing for your candidate's future leadership bid. Yet going too early with registering that all-important website risks telegraphing one's intentions even before the starting gun has fired. Whoever is behind the site bearing her name, Angela Rayner is now facing awkward questions after it emerged that an unfinished site apparently touting her for Labour's top job had briefly appeared online."
"Rayner's team has dismissed the discovery as a false flag operation, but it does not appear to have been deliberately shared or leaked to journalists or political figures. The appearance of a site under construction in these circumstances is rare but there is a long history of URLs being registered. In this case, the domain angelaforleader.co.uk was secured within minutes of the apparent publishing error."
Political teams commonly register domain names early to prepare leadership bids, but premature publication can reveal intentions. An unfinished site promoting Angela Rayner for Labour leader briefly appeared online and prompted awkward questions. Rayner's team called the discovery a false flag operation, though the page does not appear to have been deliberately leaked. The domain angelaforleader.co.uk was secured within minutes of the apparent publishing error. Domain registrations are often used to lock down addresses, prevent squatting, or outpace registrars that buy names to resell. Conservative figures have also pre-registered campaign domains in past leadership contests.
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