"An unfinished website claiming to launch Angela Rayner's Labour leadership campaign was published temporarily in January, prompting further speculation that the former deputy prime minister could be gearing up for a contest to replace Keir Starmer. The Guardian was alerted to the website, which appeared to be under construction, by a source in the IT industry before the US Department of Justice's latest release of documents on Jeffrey Epstein threw the UK government into disarray."
"The domain name angelaforleader.co.uk was registered within minutes of the apparent publishing error, at 9.48am on 27 January, with the same company Webfusion as her official parliamentary site. Rayner has denied any links to the website, with her team dismissing it as a fake that had neither been commissioned by her, nor with her knowledge, while one ally described it as a false flag operation."
An unfinished website claiming to launch Angela Rayner's Labour leadership campaign was briefly published on a staging site in January before being removed. The domain angelaforleader.co.uk was registered minutes after the apparent publishing error with the same registrar as Rayner's parliamentary site. Rayner denied any links, and her team described the site as a fake; one ally called it a false-flag operation. The timing coincided with government turmoil following the DOJ document release and mounting pressure on Keir Starmer after staff departures and controversy over Peter Mandelson's appointment. Sources say Rayner has privately prepared for a potential campaign but allies insist she will not move against Starmer.
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