Ambitious backbencher Wes Streeting is inviting Labour MPs for drinks in London to win them over. Supported by his all-resigned ministerial team…
Invites are going out:
“Dear colleague,
Please find an invite from Wes to join him, Zubir, Rosie, Steve and Joe for a drink next Tuesday to thank you for your support over two great years on the health and social care beat.
We’ll put some money behind the bar to say thanks – from running workshops on the 10 Year Health Plan, contributing to women’s health, cancer, HIV and men’s health plans, to asking probing questions in the House – you all played a part!”
Streeting has publicly said that he will force a Labour leadership contest to deny Andy Burnham the coronation that his team are keen on. Is someone looking to make his list a little longer…
Former leader of the SNP in Westminster Ian Blackford told Times Radio why he believes Nicola Sturgeon’s claim that she spent no time in the kitchen and therefore didn’t see any of her husband’s purchases:
“She doesn’t have a passion for cooking.”