Streeting's resignation letter makes a compelling case — ambulance response times are the fastest in five years, waiting lists dropped by 110,000 in March, and the NHS productivity target was smashed at 2.8 percent. But real leadership requires vision, not just results, and Starmer has offered nothing but drift on the biggest questions facing Britain. Labour deserves a bold debate of ideas, not a vacuum at the top.
Streeting's leadership ambitions have been an open secret for years, and his record raises serious questions about who he'd actually govern for. Over 60 percent of his donations since 2015 came from private health care companies — totaling £372,000 — while he's championed expanding the private sector's role in the NHS. Handing Labour's future to someone so deeply tied to corporate health care interests would be a gift to Reform.
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