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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Aletha Adu Political correspondent

Wes Streeting faces narrow road to Labour members’ favour

A high-angle shot of Wes Streeting looking agape across a crowd of people at an election count
Wes Streeting at last week’s local election count at Redbridge Sports Centre in Essex. Photograph: Jordan Pettitt/PA

“Country first, party second” is a mantra Keir Starmer and his cabinet have repeated since being in opposition, seeking to draw a dividing line between Labour and their Conservative predecessors’ inclination for self-destruction.

But party members do matter in politics – and a key problem for Wes Streeting, one of those with ambitions to succeed Keir Starmer, is that many of Labour’s do not like him.

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