A number of the health secretary’s allies called for the prime minister’s resignation but Streeting has yet to call for a formal leadership challenge
Here is some comment from journalists on the Starmer/Streeting meeting.
From Anne McElvoy at Politico
Starmer rigorously follow a bureaucratic control playbook in the handling of the Streeting encounter
- set meetings only on your terms
Wes Streeting was in and out of Downing Street this morning in 20 minutes flat. Not a word to the media, but a long confident walk up and down the street before and after. Projecting determination.
Streeting went through the door of Number 10 at 08:24 and left at 08:41. So that is actually 17 minutes.
Brief.
Anyone would think we were talking about the final scene at a Casino Royale or something, looking at some of the coverage that we’ve had.
There is no contest for the leadership of the Labour party.
There’s a very clear way to do that under our rules of 81 people nominating an alternative candidate. That hasn’t happened.
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