Angela Rayner (TiB)

## Angela Rayner

**Angela Rayner** (born 28th March 1980) is the current leader of Lancashire and was the former Deputy Leader for the British Labour Party.

## Biography

Born in Stockport, Rayner was unable to finish her studies after becoming pregnant at the age of 16, though later attended Stockport College to earn a degree in social care. In the 2000s, Rayner worked as a trade union leader for Unison, and was elected as the MP for Aston-under-Lyne in her home region of Greater Manchester. In 2020, she would later concede her candidacy of becoming the Labour Party Leader to her roommate Rebecca Long-Bailey, though she would lose to Keir Starmer. Rayner would later be elected as the Deputy Leader in the elections.

After Keir Starmer's election to the Premiership in 2023, Rayner became the Home Secretary, though this was relatively short-lived after Starmer resigned following the failures of his economic policies, resulting in the total collapse of the Pound's value. During Dominic Raab's Premiership, Rayner heightened her criticism of Raab, and after seeing that the British government's aggression against a newly independent Scotland, she gathered her closest allies from Lancashire, including Long-Bailey and Andy Burnham, and returned to Lancashire together.

By July 2026, it was clear that the new leader (now Michael Gove) was unable to keep control of even keeping England intact, and with strikes spiraling into full-on riots, Rayner decided to take her move with the more radical side of Labour. On July 17th, her group of socialists voted to seize control of Lancashire, Merseyside and Greater Manchester, declaring the region as independent the next day. Rayner later admitted Cheshire and Cumbria into her socialist state. She also quickly established "the Cabinet", Lancashire's own version of the Politburo. Watching the UK crumble, Rayner was able to prop up the nation's economy with nationalization and a desire for a worker's state.

Although Lancashire is one of the strongest rump states on the Isles, members of the Cabinet could rebel against her if she isn't careful. While she does not want to purge her friends, she knows full well that her allies are actively scheming against her to unify Britain in their own image. It will be harsh, but it is in the name of revolution.

## Potential Paths

At the start, Rayner is the General Secretary of Lancashire, with Merseyside, Greater Manchester, Cumbria, Lancashire and Cheshire under her regime. In the early stages, she will continue to nationalize the industries, but stops short of abolishing companies, and instead regulate them in a similar fashion to China. It is also at this point where she could choose to fight either Ben Wallace's Tyne Military Junta or Kim Leadbeater's United States of Yorkshire. Should Yorkshire be under a leftist government and defeat Lancashire, Rayner would be sentenced to prison as a POW, although she will be released should Yorkshire unify the north. If Tyne defeats Lancashire, Rayner would flee the country, seeking refuge in Ireland.

Once Lancashire defeats Yorkshire and Tyne, Rayner would proclaim the Peoples' Republic of Britain, though it would also be here when her former allies will began making their moves to take over the nation. As a result, a power struggle would begin between Angela Rayner's Market Socialists, Rebecca Long-Bailey's Corbynites, Andy Burnham's Marxists and Lisa Nandy's Social Democrats, known by outsiders as the Great Northern Game. If none of those four wound up securing a significant majority, Lancashire will collapse into a civil war, killing Rayner in the process, although the longer that the Great Northern Game drags on, the more damage it will do to Lancashire's military and civilian capabilities.

What happens to Rayner depends on the ultimate victor of the Great Northern Game:

* If Rebecca Long-Bailey wins, Long-Bailey would request Rayner to live next door to her so that she can keep a close eye on her. Rayner reluctantly agrees and remains as a party member.
* If Andy Burnham wins, Burnham would opt to arrest Rayner, and sentence her to life imprisonment for treason due to her market socialist beliefs. Should Burnham be defeated by a Midlands unifier or Scotland, Rayner would be executed before Burnham surrenders.
* If Lisa Nandy wins, Rayner remains a member of the Politburo, however would be placed under 24/7 surveillance unbeknownst to her.

If Rayner comes out on top, she will purge all three members for insubordination, and afterwards she could choose to crack down on dissent or to relax on censorship. She will always go to war against Scotland and Wales regardless of their paths.

Rayner's Lancashire cannot peacefully unify with anyone, although her military buffs, coupled with Lancashire's geography makes up for the disadvantage.

## Canon Ending

Rayner implements market socialism and relaxes censorship in the late 2020s, while ramping up Lancashire's military capabilities. Her nation would go on to defeat Ben Wallace's Tyne Military Junta in 2029, and later David Davis' Yorkshire in 2031. As a show of forgiveness, Rayner made Wallace her defense advisor, and was eventually able to remove Long-Bailey, Burnham and Nandy from the Politburo. She would remain as the General Secretary of the Peoples' Republic of Britain, later opening up the country and re-liberalizing.