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…
Starmer loyalist and Housing Secretary Steve Reed told Sky News that Starmer should not be replaced:
“We saw what the Tories did. They were in power for 14 years, and after 2016, I think we had nine education secretaries, seven chancellors, and five Prime Ministers. Doomscrolling through Prime Ministers doesn’t resolve the problem.”