Angela Rayner's next move and Morgan McSweeney's missing messages

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  So the discussions took place yesterday.

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  They want very much to make a deal.

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  Otherwise, we just keep bombing our little hearts out.

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  We must n't fall in to the sort of false comfort of thinking

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  that there will necessarily be a quick and early end to this.

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  We have to plan on the basis that may not be.

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  A lot of what is said or done is undoubtedly said and done to put pressure on me.

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  I have no doubt about that.

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  I understand exactly what is going on, but I'm not going to be wavering on this.

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  I'm the British Prime Minister, and my job is to be absolutely focused on what's in the British national interest.

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  You are at peace while we are actually at war.

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  Welcome to The State of It, the political podcast from The Times and The Sunday Times that promises to take you

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  inside the room where it 's happening and tell you what is actually going on in government.

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  I'm Stephen Swinford, Politician of the Times.

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  I'm Gabriel Pogrand, Whitehall editor of The Sunday Times.

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  And I'm Patrick Maguire, chief political commentator for The Times.

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  So this week, we're going to bring you another scoop-packed episode.

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  We 're going to be talking about Iran, why No. 10 is really pleased with itself,

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  Sir Keir Starmer's Hugh Grant moment, but why there is a massive sting in the tail coming on The Cost of Living.

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  We are going to be talking to you about Angela Rayner and how her allies think she could actually

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