Wes Streeting: the next Labour leader?

Rising shadow cabinet star has apologised after insulting Jeremy Corbyn in the Commons

Wes Streeting
Streeting’s slick style has led to comparisons with Tony Blair
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Shadow health secretary Wes Streeting has apologised to former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn for calling him “senile” in the Commons.

Streeting made the comment yesterday during a parliamentary statement on the Cop27 climate summit. Corbyn had tried to raise a point of order during the statement by Rishi Sunak, which was denied by the Commons Speaker Lindsay Hoyle. In response, Streeting then muttered: “It’s Jeremy Corbyn… He’s going senile.”

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