Wes Streeting quit today as Labour‘s leadership anarchy gears up towards a critical moment.
The Health Secretary declared he had ‘lost confidence’ in Keir Starmer, as he made a last-ditch effort to force a contest.
‘It is now clear that you will not lead the Labour Party into the next general election‘, he wrote. ‘Where we need vision, we have a vacuum.’
However, it is unclear that Mr Streeting has the 81 nominations from Labour MPs necessary to spark a contest. One senior party source said: ‘He’s blown himself up.’
Earlier, allies briefed that he was waiting to see if a Cabinet delegation would convince Sir
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