Peter Kyle on the Sunday broadcast round:
“I don’t want to come on here and be delusional that there is no process, there are no forces at work which are challenging the Prime Minister as leader. That is clearly the case… [Starmer] is taking time to think through what the political realities are today compared to last week…”
A clear change in tone from just a few days ago. Starmer is expected to call it quits tomorrow. Stay tuned…
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.”