Angela Rayner and Wes Streeting prepare Labour leadership bids amid expected poll shock
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Updated · Bloomberg · Apr 25
Angela Rayner and Wes Streeting prepare Labour leadership bids amid expected poll shock
8 articles · Updated · Bloomberg · Apr 25
Rayner and Streeting, front-runners to succeed Prime Minister Keir Starmer, are privately ready to challenge his leadership if Labour's performance declines in the coming weeks.
Although both publicly support Starmer and deny planning a coup, their allies say they are positioned to act if pressure mounts on the prime minister.
Starmer’s perceived unpopularity and anticipated poor polling results are fueling internal party speculation about a potential leadership contest and possible change at the top of the Labour Party.
With his rivals facing obstacles, who could realistically unite Labour to replace Starmer?
Is this a personal crisis for Starmer or a symptom of a broken political system?
Has the Peter Mandelson affair dealt a fatal blow to Starmer's premiership?
Why is Labour's most popular politician being blocked from running for leader?
Is Labour's internal chaos simply handing the next election to Reform UK?
Will the upcoming local elections be the final trigger for a leadership coup?