Wes Streeting: the UK’s next prime minister?

韦斯·斯特灵:英国下任首相?

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2026-02-13

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Keir Starmer was on the brink of a leadership contest this week, but he pulled it back. That does not mean his rivals have gone away. Nosheen Iqbal speaks to Kiran Stacey about one of the most hotly tipped contenders: Wes Streeting. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
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  • This is The Guardian.

  • Today.

  • Is West Streeting plotting to become the next Prime Minister?

  • He's often described as the best communicator the Labour front bench has.

  • Friends, we are in the fight of our lives.

  • Not just for the NHS.

  • or even for the survival of this government, but for everything we believe in.

  • Slick, ambitious, always ready to put himself in the media spotlight.

  • When we get things wrong and we will make mistakes because human beings are fallible,

  • you've got two choices.

  • You can either plow on in the wrong direction because you want to spare your blushes,

  • or you can listen except you got it wrong.

  • and put it right.

  • But how much do people really know what West Streetings is about?

  • He does do vision.

  • What some of his critics say is that he does not think things through carefully enough before then going on to pursue them.

  • The rumours have been swirling for months.

  • Briefings that the Health Secretary was trying to stage a coup against Kiostama.

  • Viment denials from Camp Streeting and his insistence that he absolutely isn't.

  • This Prime Minister is a man of decency and integrity and we will all be putting our shoulders to the wheel as a team to support him.