Wes Streeting is "pretty frustrated, tbh"
Wes Streeting denied plotting to oust Keir Starmer.
Ailbhe Rea met the Health Secretary to learn what he's really thinking.
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Ailbhe writes:
Labour is in danger of presenting itself as the “maintenance department for the country”, he says. “The problem with that kind of practical, technocratic approach is that if someone else comes along and says, ‘Well, I’ve got a maintenance company too, and mine’s cheaper,’ why wouldn’t people go, ‘OK, well, we’ll give that maintenance team a try’?” He doesn’t name Starmer, but the critique of the Prime Minister’s “practical, technocratic” leadership is…
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