Veserr@sh.itjust.works to UK Politics@feddit.uk · 1 month agoWes Streeting quits cabinet and calls on Starmer to resignwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square10linkfedilinkarrow-up120arrow-down10cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up120arrow-down1external-linkWes Streeting quits cabinet and calls on Starmer to resignwww.theguardian.comVeserr@sh.itjust.works to UK Politics@feddit.uk · 1 month agomessage-square10linkfedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squaretankplanker@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 month agoI don’t think he has the numbers to do it, imagine not being able to able to find 80 MPs to support you against Starmer And he certainly doesn’t have the numbers with the members vote, his best bet is for Burnham and Rayner to split the vote.
minus-squaregedhrel@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 month agoThe leadership contest uses ranked preference voting. There’s no vote-splitting.
minus-squareMrNesser@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoFeels like there’s an intentional delay to get Burnham in now as well. Probably been told to hold off at the cost of burning political capital
minus-squaretankplanker@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoKnowing Wes he would only do that if he knows he can’t win himself. He leaked he was sending in his letter so he had to do it when he did but the actual next step was missing so now he loses all momentum
minus-squareMrNesser@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoIt becoming obvious that we’d be looking at a leader handover if Burnham won.
I don’t think he has the numbers to do it, imagine not being able to able to find 80 MPs to support you against Starmer
And he certainly doesn’t have the numbers with the members vote, his best bet is for Burnham and Rayner to split the vote.
The leadership contest uses ranked preference voting. There’s no vote-splitting.
In that case hes fucked
Feels like there’s an intentional delay to get Burnham in now as well.
Probably been told to hold off at the cost of burning political capital
Knowing Wes he would only do that if he knows he can’t win himself. He leaked he was sending in his letter so he had to do it when he did but the actual next step was missing so now he loses all momentum
It becoming obvious that we’d be looking at a leader handover if Burnham won.