MP Who Fired Starting Gun On Race To Replace Starmer Bizarrely Says She Would Still Vote For PM
“Many of us like Keir very much as a person, he’s got excellent credentials on the international stage and he could well win a competition if he were to put his name forward,” [Catherine West] the MP for Hornsey and Friern Barnet said.
Asked who she would vote for, she said: “We don’t know who the other candidates are.”
But she added: “If Keir Starmer decides he’s got the bottle, then he can come and fight, fight as though he’s fighting for the working people of this country, then he could beat the others!
“Because he’s a very bright man but the impression he gives is that he’s driving a car but he’s not putting the gears into action.”
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Streeting resigns and Catherine West immediately begins singing Starmer's praises and talks about "other candidates". I think we can rule out West being Streeting's stalking horse.