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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Nicholas Cecil

OPINION - Wes Streeting talks a good game - but could he deliver as PM if Starmer is toppled in coup?

If Downing Street aides thought Wes Streeting was going to quietly swear loyalty to Sir Keir Starmer on the morning media round after some extraordinary briefing against him they were badly mistaken.

In fact, their apparent ploy to call out suspected plotting to oust the Prime Minister may have badly backfired.

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