Wes Streeting launches Labour leadership bid

I don't mean to upset you, but Wes Streeting's leadership challenge is likely to end in crushing humiliation because no one wants him (apart from Palantir). We could be witnessing the end of Wes Streeting's political career 😭😭😭

Keir Starmer and Wes Streeting both went to Graham Linehan's defence after he was arrested for urging violence against trans people in public, so if you vote for Labour UK you are telling trans people that their safety and lives are the price they must pay for your vote.

"Streeting.. says where we need vision we have a vacuum" Reed: "The vision surely was the manifesto we were elected on" Where did it say you'd scrap the WFA, target the disabled, restrict trial by jury, and so on? All things, btw, Wes Streeting supported.

After days of speculation, Wes Streeting has resigned - but stopped short of declaring a leadership bid against Starmer. Has he made the best of a bad job, or has he “royally fucked it?”

Wes Streeting looks to be the first to throw his hat in the ring but whoever emerges from the rubble of a once proud party, only one thing is certain: it will move no nearer to accepting the truth that the UK is effectively over, writes Richard Walker ✍️

Wes Streeting has undeniably made progress in his NHS role, but this seems to be less important to him now than his own career progression. Between them, he & Burnham are doing nothing for their govt's credibility while giving the persecutory, ever-hungry media a banquet.

In before Wes officially announces his leadership bid: I do not claim Wes Streeting as part of the queer community and anyone who tries to tell me he will be good representation for queer people in politics will be aggressively corrected by me Do not fucking try

I love all the 'allies of Wes Streeting say he could launch a leadership bid as early as today' on the radio news. Yeah, your 'allies' said that, Wesley. Not you piping it out of your waxy ballbag of a face.

Chief executives told the FT that calls for the prime minister to quit, Wes Streeting’s resignation and Andy Burnham’s move to return to parliament were a far cry from the stability and certainty promised by the ruling party before the 2024 general election. ft.trib.al/rrupwKM

"And, as Wes Streeting prepares to make his leadership bid... by just a tiny amount..."

Maybe but consider… Roses are red Existence is fleeting Time is too precious To waste on Wes Streeting

It's so funny that literally nobody wants Wes Streeting but he's zooming around with his haircut as if it's a done deal

I would have thought Wes Streeting briefing heavily before ostentatiously yet pointlessly resigning, only to fail to launch a leadership bid as a far more popular candidate tries to enter the race even though he can’t yet stand makes him the ideal person to lead The Labour Party in its present form.

Wes Streeting has all the backers he needs for a leadership bid, you just haven't met them because they live in Canada.

Wait, what? So Streeting has quit but he's NOT launching a leadership bid? That sounds a lot like he doesn't have the numbers. Ahem. God, this whole thing is such a farce