Catherine West – who kicked off the Rickety Coup by collecting MP names and demanding a leadership contest – on The World at One has suggested she would vote for Keir Starmer in a leadership contest:
“What I would like to see is the honest conversation and people coming forward, including the Prime Minister if he is going to be a candidate in this particular race because of course many of us like Keir very much as a person. He’s got excellent credentials on the international stage and he could well win a competition if he put his name forward.”
Asked whether she would vote for Wes or Keir, she said:
“Well, we don’t know who the other candidates are.”
Nice for Starmer…
Paula Barker, Liverpool Wavertree MP backing Andy Burnham, told Times Radio there wouldn’t be trouble from the markets under Burnham:
“The markets will have to fall in line.”