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What Wes Streeting said in his resignation letter – and what he meant
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What Wes Streeting said in his resignation letter – and what he meant

The Independent·Millie Cooke·18 days ago
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Wes Streeting resigned as health secretary on Thursday afternoon, launching a blistering attack on the prime minister. While the ambitious MP is not expected to trigger an immediate official leadership contest , the intervention has dented Sir Keir Starmer ’s already ailing authority and made a challenge in the coming weeks even more likely. Here, The Independent runs through what Mr Streeting said in his letter – and what exactly he meant. Wes Streeting resigned as health secretary on Thursday after a turbulent week for the Labour Party (PA Archive) ‘Where we need vision, we have a vacuum. Where we need direction, we have drift’ Wes Streeting here is homing in on one of the most common criticisms of the prime minister – that he lacks a vision for government. The PM’s ideological pragmatism is perhaps what won him his landslide election victory, as he was able to shapeshift into a party leader that brought together a broad – albeit shallow – coalition to secure the keys to No 10.…

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