The health secretary’s backers have different – not always ideological – reasons for supporting him
Wes Streeting plans to resign and mount leadership challenge, allies say
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or all that Labour’s left denounce Wes Streeting as a reincarnated Blairite, he has friendships and alliances across various Labour factions, not all of which lean into each other.
As he considers a possible bid to challenge Keir Starmer, the MPs supporting him are not ideological clones. Some are personal allies, while others simply see him as one of the few senior Labour figures capable of communicating beyond Westminster.
