Wes Streeting ‘nearly didn’t make it’ in ‘nightmare’ result | Tim Shipman

“Imagine the stress nightmare on election night when he only won his seat by 500 votes.”
Wes Streeting “nearly didn’t make it” after being “teed up to do this massive job”, says Tim Shipman.
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[@StratsRUs]

How many Palestinians had been murdered before this show and its charismatic presenters gave us their take ?

[@totalvoid6234]

That would have been a dream scenario for the country.

[@James-jl4jt]

Why?

[@interloper8029]

Funny how the press never had a problem with first past the post when it was going to Tories disproportionate majorities..

[@archvaldor]

It is not just the tories...a lot of us on the left have a real problem with the fact less people voted for Starmer than Corbyn in 2019 or 2017. It does look you people can only win by subverting democracy in some way.

[@wildfire9280]

This is the worst in recorded history. People who have railed against it before are continuing to, it’s only the opportunists who’ve changed tunes.

[@ScruffyTubbles]

He's a very good constituency MP. He took my client's problem. and worked on it even though unsuccessful he was always wiling to help and at leat make proper efforts. That's what you want from an MP tbh.

[@PassiveAgressive319]

That’s great. 👍

[@RealDareel]

That’s one example. Everyone else I’ve heard say anything about him says he was never seen in the constituency. The other candidate was very involved in the community hence why she came so close.

[@Jamietheroadrunner]

These days many of us on the other side of the pond are envious of the people of the U.K. and France. Wish us luck, our European friends 🇫🇷 🇬🇧 🇺🇸

[@haydoncooper3744]

He is a Worm.

[@LoneSheWolf09]

Preach!🙌🏾

[@BallyBoy95]

Amen! That guy horrifies me, let us hope MPs like Wes Streeting do NOT become the norm: -£150k in private healthcare money - check. -Indifference to humanitarian suffering in Gaza - check. -Uses islamophobia as a tickbox exercise via the Guardian - check. -lies about religiosity - check. -says "the NHS is broken" and gets headlines for saying something everyone can plainly see - check. -has serious anger management issues - bullying Diane Abbott - check. -Calls a life-long MP, who is fundamentally a decent man at heart, Jeremy Corbyn, "senile" after getting elected - check. -Swears prolifically and is extremely rude on right-wing outlets (GBNews) - check. -Nice and cosy with Rupert Murdoch's media establishment - check.

[@CK-cz6ml]

Times running out of ideas

[@NigelThompson-hb5jg]

I do hope that Mr Streeting now knows how much he is disliked simply by just being himself, but I do not hold out any hope.

[@boxtradums0073]

Aye sure poor Wes Thatcher. He’s about to get millions handed to him from his private healthcare buddies who he’ll hand 20 years contracts

[@rogston39]

With all respect, the genocide of Palestinian men, women and children is "an unsavoury and unappetizing" thing too. Labour were too slow to call for a ceasefire, and lacked moral courage in my humble opinion.

[@user-bu9nb8wr6e]

This country does not need politicians elected for a stand on an issue in another country. We need people that are doing what’s best for the people in this country. We need to keep our nose out of world politics and put this country in order before we think we have a right to start giving advice to others.

[@archvaldor]

We are giving military aid to Israel. We need to stop doing that.

[@davedraycott5779]

It was tight but it’s only a ‘nightmare’ if you lose.

[@plebius]

He won by 1.4%. this is just below the two percent that they have been telling us was a stonking majority in favour of brexit. Lol

[@MollyMarine]

Isn't he the one calling everyone racist?

[@PassiveAgressive319]

Evidence?

[@Right_Direction_]

Yeah he did on twitter.

[@1mlister]

Now he gets 5 years to prove himself...

[@davidhayes4814]

…..but he did make it ……… now is his time ….. end of …… (from an ageing natural Tory voter)

[@MoneyForTheClueless-oq7tk]

You would like him...he's more right-wing than most tories.

[@BallyBoy95]

Yeah, it's so weird to see Tom Streeting to run as Labour. His impulses are far-right, Reform UK.

[@pip1723]

But he did so what's the point of this ?

[@TimThat]

I like how the thinner more entertaining presenter says something vaguely engaging and fun and the boring presenter says ‘no I dont think they will do that”.

[@NualaAhern-d5g]

Yes do try to think even if youfind it hard . New Attorney General is going to be influential

[@Greaseball01]

Ngl for a solid while here I thought this was a rebranded radio times

[@subroy7123]

In other words, he was elected. Who's idea was it to come up with this angle of reporting?

[@archvaldor]

Yeah let's just ignore the massive revolt in his handpicked constituency and let him go ahead and privatize the nhs.

[@Tripleexel]

​@@archvaldor a one issue candidate will fix that for sure

[@wildfire9280]

@@Tripleexel “one issue” Meanwhile, the sheer moral magnitude of the issue in question:

[@RealDareel]

@@archvaldoryeah and this ignoramos will dismiss her as either pro Gaza or Islamist. He’s proud of his ignorance.

[@StratsRUs]

Murdoch

[@milesm1234]

To be fair a nightmare result would not winning the seat

[@david-pb4bi]

What makes me laugh is all the bitter Tories saying there is no difference between Labour and conservative, then why are they all walking about with a face like a Grand National runner?

[@greyvoice7949]

Whilst having the same policies they want want their person in power... Obvious really! On another site we were having a discussion and something came up about what a philosopher of the past had said about thinking in that very few people choose to think whilst many choose not to think...

[@WilliamSmith-mx6ze]

There is a difference of course - your party until recently was led by Corbyn, and that sets you quite different to my party. But what is Starmer going to do differently? At least when the Tory Party implements Tory policies, that's the natural order of things. I think it's you who's going to be very disappointed if you think Starmer's going to actually do anything. It'll be like Blair in the end, his own party damning him.

[@david-pb4bi]

@@WilliamSmith-mx6ze You can’t compere the last Labour government to the complete and utter shambles of the past fourteen years, in all honesty don’t think Labour can do a great deal, Brexit has destroyed this country. The best the Labour party can do is slow down the inevitable decline.

[@mbshaw1]

It's raining, we haven't seen rain like this for a while and it doesn't look any different in the forecast for some time.

[@Msnando09]

Mores the pity. Love to say bye to the horrible Wes.

[@oitoitoi1]

it was a pro palestinian protest candidate, otherwise would have had a big majority.

[@PassiveAgressive319]

Toxic performative so called pro Palestine supporters who did the same thing to Jess Philips. I don’t know how slashing a candidates tyres, threatening people and sticking cameras in people faces is ‘fighting the good fight’

[@totalvoid6234]

@SewingandCaring Jeremy Hunt, the well loved man who was never considered problematic.

[@lheureexquise140]

"A lot of Starmer's words (on Gaza) were Emily Thornberry's fault" 🤣🤣 Sure thing.

[@guff9567]

Looks like a Nasi

[@disasterarea9341]

Yeah it's such a nightmare that he made it in to privatise the NHS. Hope next year Leanne takes his seat, preferably as a green party candidate too~

[@vincentblack7467]

We are doomed, down the toilet we go go....

[@christopherdrakes5779]

which part about boris johnson and lizz truss made you think that we werent going down the toilet before?

[@WilliamSmith-mx6ze]

Ilford North used to be a nice suburb, now it might have been won by the same sort of independents as in Perry Barr, Leicester, Dewsbury, Blackburn - fighting only on the Gaza issue and not even pretending to appeal to anything other than the Muslim vote.

[@krisinsaigon]

There is something about him that gives off a not very Labour vibe, though he seems highly competent

[@RealDareel]

Competent at privatising the nhs I’m sure. Follow his apparent bribes, sorry I mean donations .

[@MrDavey2010]

Why create non-news out of a success?

[@Cherrytune386]

Always negative times! You lost 😂🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@dulcettonezzz8229]

Streeting came within a whisker of being a victim of the cultural enrichment he loves to promote 😂

[@adrianappleyard4005]

So what's going on with the Palestinians who now have a toe in our British parliament?

[@buttyboy100]

The Israel lobby has both arms and both legs in our parliament.

[@linmorell1813]

I dislike Wes Streeting, I find his approach to the NHS is awful and he will destroy it. He wants to sell it off. I wasn’t just Gaza, but the lady had been dropped as a Labour candidate.

[@LadyLuck8_4]

Sad to say I agree on this. Sad.

[@BenchRacerRC]

He got elected, he made it. Non topic.

[@YorickReturns]

Whatever you think about Israel vs Palestine, why are we assuming that electorally on balance this must be a problem for Labour? If the most pro-Palestinian people feel alienated from Labour, might that not help Labour with the average voter?

[@darthvader822]

Most people with a soul look at someone bombing a hospital and sympathize with the victims.

[@YorickReturns]

@@darthvader822 I think most British people don't want the UK to get involved, even if they might have some sympathy for one side or the other or indeed both. Ironically, the people most keen for the UK to get involved are the same people most critical whenever the UK gets involved anywhere else in the Middle East.

[@darthvader822]

@@YorickReturns "I think most British people don't want the UK to get involved" You are really twisting it there or are badly misinformed. We ARE involved. We are sending Israel a disturbing amount of military assistance.We should not be. I don't know what nonsense you have read about people who support Palestine think but they want less involvement not more.

[@YorickReturns]

@@darthvader822 It's funny, really. The "right" think that the UK is so important. But really the "left" do too. For better or for worse, in truth, the UK is not that important and hasn't been since 1945. The important players in this conflict are Israel, Palestine (PA and Hamas), the US, the neighbouring Muslim states, and perhaps Russia and China. The UK could totally boycott Israel (or Palestine, for those inclined to do that alternative) tomorrow and it wouldn't make a difference. I'm sorry to break it to you. "Left-wing" activists are some of the biggest jingoists for Britain out there. Ironic, really. The empire is gone. Deal with it.

[@BallyBoy95]

@@YorickReturns Is Ireland, Spain and Netherlands condemning what Israel doing equivalent to them getting involved? The question is why aren't we in that list? If Scotland were independent, they'd definitely be in that list. The more distance you create between Scotland and England by being complete wankers, the more likely you are to break up this union.

[@artistreality]

We need an open-list proportional representation system or as it's known Panachage. This is the one issue all opposition parties should be pushing continuously and actively encouraging protests over. The left and right who can't stand Labour or the Tories need to stop arguing for a while and deal with the voting system. Get that sorted and change will come rapidly as Labour won't last 2 years in power. Come on, you actually think a party who puts Lammy as foreign secretary (the male Diane Abbott) is going to magically sort out Britain haha no chance. That's delusional thinking. 80% of eligible voters didn't vote for Labour. Problem is a lot of lazy people didn't vote either. Shame on you. Also shame on 17million+ Brexit voters who didn't even attempt to make change election day. I don't care about being in the EU or not, but Labour will now rejoin without consent and do it in little steps. Freedom of movement, military alliance, you watch it happen.

[@guff9567]

Looks like a Nasi

[@NualaAhern-d5g]

National Goreng?