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The Labour right wants Wes Streeting in No 10. Why? What does he really stand for? | Oliver Eagleton

The way the health secretary has overseen the NHS give clues as to what a Streeting premiership might look likeOliver Eagleton is the author of The Starmer Project: A Journey to the RightJust over a year after Keir Starmer entered Downing Street, his political survival already looks uncertain. Perennially indecisive, unpopular with the public and unable to pass major legislation without rebellions, the prime minister has reportedly been put “on notice” by senior figures within his party. Speculation about a potential successor is mounting.What would Labour’s dominant faction – the neo-Blairite right – look for in a candidate? Their best bet would be an effective operator who doesn’t carry too much political baggage, a decent communicator, free of Starmer’s stumbling reticence, and a committed partisan of their cause: namely the free market and a strong state. They need someone who will go on the offensive for these values, rather than offering the bland apologetics that we have seen...


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