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Weasel Streeting

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SeriousFaffing · 14/05/2026 15:07

Weasel Streeting should slither back under his rock.

His self-serving career aspirations will make our country ungovernable.

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PropertyD · 14/05/2026 15:51

Unrivalled · 14/05/2026 15:19

it needed doing, for the reasons he said in his resignation letter - Starmer has awful management skills, blames other people and his speech showed he'd learned nothing about the bigger solutions needed from the local election defeats. Starmer is the weasel for thinking he can carry on with historic levels of losses for his party.

This is right. Its Starmer who has messed all of this up. Two Chief of Staff's, and then the biggest error of all - Peter Mandelson. He has shit judgement.

That speech on Monday shows he isnt listening.

MrThorpeHazell · 14/05/2026 15:53

Ernestina123 · 14/05/2026 15:51

I think we all need to care about their internal party wrangling because it is creating uncertainty in the markets and costing the country millions every day in increased borrowing costs.

This is all money that could be spent on schools, hospitals, defence, welfare (take your pick) …but is being squandered by people putting their personal intersts above those of the country they are supposed to be serving.

I have seen all this since the days of Macmillan and Douglas Home. The markets are sophisticated enough to discard all this irrelevant crap.

Unrivalled · 14/05/2026 15:55

as for Bridget P - she's simply trying to cling onto her job, she and Reeves lack the party support to hang on if Keir goes.

allmycats · 14/05/2026 16:01

They all need to get on with their own jobs and stop bleating, backstabbing and blaming. The country needs stability and MPs should realise that they are not there for their own interests but to work together for the people of this country.

EstherGreenwood63 · 14/05/2026 16:03

Way too many self-interested smarmy arseholes. Couldn't give a shiny shit about 'the nation'. He is particularly gruesome.

MeetMeOnTheCorner · 14/05/2026 16:07

@SeriousFaffing And he’s doing this all by himself is he? The people who are slagging off Starmer at every opportunity are blameless are they ? All those defecting Labour voters who spouted bile on the doorstep? And what about destabilizing Burnham? And Ang? No agitation from them? What about a the loose cannon backbenchers? Utterly blameless? They are all atrocious. WS is one of many.

MissyB1 · 14/05/2026 16:08

He’s a bloody hypocrite, a couple of months ago he was all “I’m a faithful not a traitor” 🙄 and he can stick his love affair with Palantir up his arse!
Mind you Starmer was a traitor too so he can’t moan. Where are the politicians with any fucking integrity? David Cameron (who should have been chucked in the tower for what he did) and every one of them afterwards have all been a disgrace.

Lonelycrab · 14/05/2026 16:08

ByGraptharsHammer · 14/05/2026 15:28

The whole thing is stoatily ridiculous

To be fair, Starmer has made an otter mess of leading the Labour Party.

acheekyNandys · 14/05/2026 16:32

Politics is a right state (no pun intended!) We look like a despotic silly little island swapping our leaders everytime someone sneezes. I'm not a Starmer fan, I don't really know what he stands for at home in the UK, but he has felt like a steady pair of hands in the Middle East situation. But Wes? I'm not sure. I liked his resignation letter, being bold enough to call Reform what it is - a far right nationlism party - but nearly half the letter was him patting himself on the back for the NHS which felt weird.

Sidebeforeself · 14/05/2026 16:57

Lonelycrab · 14/05/2026 16:08

To be fair, Starmer has made an otter mess of leading the Labour Party.

Beavery careful you two!

Dragonscaledaisy · 14/05/2026 17:00

He's no more self serving than Keir Starmer. They're both looking after their own interests.

ByGraptharsHammer · 14/05/2026 17:01

Streeting will still be ferreting around for a new cabinet job, of course

Notmeagain12 · 14/05/2026 17:03

What’s with this current trend for juvenile name calling?

”weasel” “Liebour” etc.

we’re adults here.

Naunet · 14/05/2026 17:17

SeriousFaffing · 14/05/2026 15:13

@AtIusvue the fact that he is completely undermining the government when this is the country’s chance to break the cycle created by the Tories. A new prime minister every 2 minutes is not the norm.

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So you'd rather a man who prioritises big business' over child sexual abuse, despite having previously been in charge of the CPS?

AccordingToWhom · 14/05/2026 17:23

He's one of the only Labour MPs I acn actually stand at the moment!

SeriousFaffing · 14/05/2026 17:24

Naunet · 14/05/2026 17:17

So you'd rather a man who prioritises big business' over child sexual abuse, despite having previously been in charge of the CPS?

@Naunet

You’re going to have to provide some evidence that this has actually happened. Are you simply propagating the Jimmy Saville lie? Boris Johnson should have seen some serious consequences for that.

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SeriousFaffing · 14/05/2026 17:26

Notmeagain12 · 14/05/2026 17:03

What’s with this current trend for juvenile name calling?

”weasel” “Liebour” etc.

we’re adults here.

@Notmeagain12

I have never used ‘Liebour’ - childish 😊

I just hadn’t seen anyone use Weasel yet and fancied giving it a whirl seeing as it was low hanging fruit.

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SeriousFaffing · 14/05/2026 17:30

Dragonscaledaisy · 14/05/2026 17:00

He's no more self serving than Keir Starmer. They're both looking after their own interests.

@Dragonscaledaisy

I’m genuinely interested in how you think Starmer is looking after his own interests (I do mean this genuinely, although the wording can come over sarcastic - it’s not).

The man takes a daily beating by the press followed by the public.

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sunnydisaster · 14/05/2026 17:31

ByGraptharsHammer · 14/05/2026 15:28

The whole thing is stoatily ridiculous

😂

Dragonscaledaisy · 14/05/2026 17:32

SeriousFaffing · 14/05/2026 17:30

@Dragonscaledaisy

I’m genuinely interested in how you think Starmer is looking after his own interests (I do mean this genuinely, although the wording can come over sarcastic - it’s not).

The man takes a daily beating by the press followed by the public.

He would have announced a timetable for his departure otherwise. Instead, he's stubbornly clinging on and damaging both the Labour party and the country.

Sunshineandoranges · 14/05/2026 17:35

SeriousFaffing · 14/05/2026 15:13

@AtIusvue the fact that he is completely undermining the government when this is the country’s chance to break the cycle created by the Tories. A new prime minister every 2 minutes is not the norm.

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Sorry but i like Wes Streeting and hope he would make a better job of governing than Keir Starmer

SeriousFaffing · 14/05/2026 17:36

Dragonscaledaisy · 14/05/2026 17:32

He would have announced a timetable for his departure otherwise. Instead, he's stubbornly clinging on and damaging both the Labour party and the country.

@Dragonscaledaisy

But he committed to not doing the same as the Tories had done, chopping and changing prime ministers as an when the wind changed. I genuinely believe that he is still there because he believes that it is the right thing to do.

Why would he give a timetable for departure? Why wouldn’t he see out the term?

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Naunet · 14/05/2026 17:39

SeriousFaffing · 14/05/2026 17:24

@Naunet

You’re going to have to provide some evidence that this has actually happened. Are you simply propagating the Jimmy Saville lie? Boris Johnson should have seen some serious consequences for that.

Jess Phillip's letter.

SmashThePatriarchy · 14/05/2026 17:43

Him or Milliband?? I’d rather Starmer stuck it out than replacing him with even more dross.

Uricon2 · 14/05/2026 17:44

Goingtolovemylife · 14/05/2026 15:33

You will not find many Drs or NHS employees that agree Streeting is doing a good job with the NHS! He epitomises a top down approach to change without hearing those working in the NHS. His management of the GP practices is particularly bad. Mandating same day and all day response takes a GP away from all front facing work. At the moment this is leading to fewer appointments and an incredible level of stress for GPs. It will go the same way as dentistry unless Streeting starts to make changes after hearing those the people who know the system inside out.

Agree. See also, social services, where I spent 3 decades, with lip service paid to those actually delivering frontline services, who after expensive 'consultations' were promptly and totally ignored.

I'm sure there are many other public service fields thus affected.

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