Labour plotters could 'try to oust Starmer after the Budget'

“Letting it be known that the Prime Minister would fight any challenge to his leadership rather than going quietly may well have been designed to shore up Sir Keir Starmer’s position, by reminding Labour MPs of the costs — political and economic — of opening up that can of worms," writes Henry Zeffman.

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BBC

“That was high-risk enough —it's not generally the done thing in politics to advertise your own weakness — but the decision to identify Streeting as someone coveting the top job was especially incendiary. The key question is whether the briefings have made Sir Keir more or less vulnerable. Judging by the rancour of the messages I have received from various corners of the Labour Party, the definitive answer is: more vulnerable.”

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