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Streeting compares Welsh loss to the day Keir Starmer almost quit
- Last Thursday, Wes Streeting, Health Secretary, compared the Caerphilly by-election defeat to Prime Minister Keir Starmer's Hartlepool by-election moment in comments to The Sunday Times.
- The Caerphilly seat, held by Labour since 1918, fell to Plaid Cymru with Labour reduced to one per cent, while Reform UK finished second.
- More than 80 grandees attended a meeting airing frustration about Labour's lack of narrative and poor minister–backbencher interaction, while Morgan McSweeney, Prime Minister's chief of staff, faced criticism over last month's reshuffle and China case.
- Speaking on Friday in Ilford North, Streeting said the defeat could catalyse party renewal while insisting Starmer can bounce back, though colleagues see added pressure amid five potential parliamentary successors.
- In May 2021, the Hartlepool shock nearly cost Starmer his job, as the by-election swing of almost 16 per cent threatened his leadership before Kim Leadbeater won by 323 votes.
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Wes Streeting delivers grim warning about voters 'despair' and says Labour must act - The Mirror
Health Secretary Wes Streeting compared the Caerphilly by-election result to the loss of Hartlepool in 2021, which prompted Keir Starmer to consider his future as party leader
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