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New Statesman·Ailbhe Rea·21 days ago
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(Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images) After a day of eerie stasis, things are suddenly moving very quickly. A flurry of Labour MPs called on Keir Starmer to go in quick succession, bringing our tally up to 60 and rising . And now the calls from the frontbench have started. Sally Jameson, a Home Office PPS, released a statement calling for Starmer to set out a timetable for his exit, then the New Statesman broke the news that Joe Morris, Wes Streeting’s PPS, had called his whip to resign, swiftly followed by Tom Rutland, a PPS to Emma Reynolds. As I write, a fourth PPS, Naushabah Khan, has also gone over the top. We’re now seeing a steady drip drip of Wes Streeting supporters, of increasing seniority, going over the top to call on Starmer to go. Number 10 is braced for ministerial resignations to follow. Team Streeting is resolutely silent, but Labour insiders reading the tea leaves are drawing the conclusion that we should expect a Streeting challenge against Starmer in the coming hours or days.…

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