Given Wes Streeting is on manoeuvres to grab the keys to No10, Guido thought it would be helpful to look at what he would do if he succeeds. He’s often portrayed as on the right of the Labour Party, but his past policy proposals are positively Raynerite…
Tax
Employment
Migration and Labour Market
Other proposals
Many of the above ideas come from Streeting’s seminal 2020 pamphlet: “Let Us Face The Future Again”…
Tom Baldwin, author of Starmer’s hagiography, spoke to Times Radio:
Tom Baldwin: “I think he’d like to do something. He’s very dutiful and driven by service. That’s why he came into politics. I think that’s characterised his time as prime minister. He hasn’t always sought popularity or been good at being popular. But I think he has some of the necessary qualities that we actually do want in a prime minister. That resilience, that relentlessness, that ability to carry the weight and the job really does weigh very heavily on people and he carries that weight very, very well.”
Jo Coburn: “NATO Secretary-General?”
Tom Baldwin: “I think that’s something that he would be interested in. I think it probably requires Andy Burnham’s government to support him in that and these are some of the questions which Andy Burnham has to resolve quite quickly.”