Catherine West has said she made a mistake in her letter to Labour MPs by saying a leadership contest should take place “in September.” The phrase headless chicken comes to mind…
She told POLITICO: “I shouldn’t have written ‘in’ [September], I should have written ‘by’.” Her proposal is for a contest to begin “soon” and be complete by 1st September. Which would be more difficult for Andy Burnham…
West says she wants to be like Graham Brady: “it’s a bit like that, yeah… It gives an indication to the leadership about how close we are.” A private confidence vote to push the Cabinet into action…
Speaking at his speech on how to achieve “progressive capitalism” Wes Streeting fired a dig and Andy Burnham:
“Bond markets are not bond villains and fiscal rules matter.”