The health secretary’s backers have different – not always ideological – reasons for supporting him
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.
