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

Who would be in Wes Streeting’s corner if he ran for the Labour leadership?

Wes Streeting
Wes Streeting is valued by Labour colleagues for his communication skills. Photograph: Mark Thomas/Alamy Live News/Alamy Live News.

For 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 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.

Zubir Ahmed

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