The prime minister is hosting a meeting of his cabinet as he attempts to push forward following a bruising week for his leadership
The Telegraph is running a story today saying that “Wes Streeting has been accused of orchestrating a leadership coup against Sir Keir Starmer”.
The report says that Wes Streeting, the health secretary with ambitions to be the next PM, spoke to Anas Sarwar, the Scottish Labour leader, on Saturday, two days before Sarwar said that he wanted Keir Starmer to stand down.
One leftwing Labour source told The Telegraph: “Everyone from the PM down to the most junior bag carrier knows who was behind the McChicken Coup. And his name rhymes with Les Weeting.”
The McChicken Coup refers to apparent efforts to use the ousting of Morgan McSweeney, Sir Keir’s chief of staff, to force the Prime Minister to step aside.
Wes did not ask Anas to do this; he did not coordinate with Anas on this. Anas is the leader of the Scottish Labour party; he is his own man, and Wes has the highest respect for him.
Move on dot org. I mean, let’s just get on. Let’s just move past all this.
Come on. I’m saying to our colleagues – don’t focus on yourselves. Focus on the country. That’s what Keir’s message was last night and he’s dead right.
Ed Miliband suggests Starmer will now wage a new class war: ‘What angers Keir most is class, the class divide – he exists to change that.
‘I dispute the idea this is not someone driven by burning passion.
‘He knows we need more of that and we are going to see more of that
Come off it …
It’s not class war, Nick.
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Author : Andrew Sparrow
Publish date : 2026-02-10 10:09:00
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