Streeting only backed by 4% of members showing the public see he is bad for UK

Wes Streeting had been the first to go public with his ambitious desire to be Labour leader in an upcoming battle to replace PM Keir Starmer. However, his confidence – or arrogance – about how worthy he is for the top job will likely take a significant hit as polls show only 4% of Labour members ranking him as their first choice for Labour leader. 

Despite the mainstream media portraying him as the ‘golden boy’ of the Labour Party, this measly 4% is hardly enough to give him a fighting chance against Burnham or Rayner.

This is hardly surprising, however, as we have reported multiple times – Wes Streeting is a snake who has been dismantling the NHS for private interests. As this polling indicates, people have finally seen through his duplicitous nonsense in the nick of time.

4% of Labour members want Wes Streeting to leader.

FOUR PERCENT.

And that’s despite a mass exodus of left wingers.

Yet the media have treated him as their golden boy! https://t.co/FMeDBGVlng

— Owen Jones (@owenjonesjourno) May 18, 2026

Streeting – 4% support is just humiliating

It is undeniable that this polling should destroy any hopes that Wes Streeting – and his billionaire donors – have about the likelihood of him ever becoming the UK’s PM. In fact, even the publicly despised Keir Starmer flounces Streeting with 32% of members behind him remaining in post. Moreover, Burnham appears to be the front runner with 48% – but still, nobody is managing to command a majority of support even within their own party.

So, why don’t we remind ourselves why Streeting should never be allowed anywhere near a decision-making position ever again.

He is a duplicitous snake who will say whatever the public want to hear to get in power – then he will sell that very same public out.

We wrote about how Streeting’s own words in 2023 to slam Rishi Sunak’s response to NHS strikes were exposed in their blatant hypocrisy with his own behaviour in post. Given he is throwing the word ‘progressive around’, this is a significant alarm bell for voters to pay attention to:

NHS GP Neena Jha has taken apart Wes Streeting with his own words from 2023 over an upcoming resident doctors strike. It’s yet another indication that Tory and Labour politicians merely cosplay as caring opposition until they themselves enter government. Then, they backtrack and carry on the same neoliberal agenda they previously criticised.

Adding:

In 2023, Streeting said:

“Now we know why Rishi Sunak refuses to negotiate with NHS staff. He wants the strikes to go ahead, so he can blame doctors and nurses for his failure.”

The thing is, the health secretary has now himself refused to negotiate on pay restoration for doctors. This prompted Jha to take down Streeting “by his own admission”, replacing Sunak’s name with his own:

“Now we know why Wes Streeting refuses to negotiate with NHS staff. He wants the strikes to go ahead, so he can blame doctors and nurses for his failure.”

It is the Labour continuation of austerity and privatisation that is failing the NHS – not doctors.

He is giving our data away to dangerous billionaires

Streeting is giving our data to Palantir: a murderous, billionaire-interested spy tech firm which makes no secret of its disdain for ordinary people. Despite his promises that he intends to fix the NHS, the reality is that he intends to make it work for billionaires – whilst ordinary people have no say in the use of their personal health data.

Speaking of the astronomical wealth accrued from contracts effectively just given to Palantir, we wrote:

The spy-tech firm won the NHS contract for £1 in 2020 which is now worth a lucrative £400 million for Thiel and co.

It is worth noting that this kind of wealth appreciation has become pretty commonplace for the world’s richest whilst ordinary people increasingly suffer.

As a result, calls are being made to rip up this contract to prevent the inevitable exploitation of data for the financial gain of billionaires.

Considering Palantir’s proven involvement in the genocide on Gaza, this really should not be a hard fight to win.

3. He is the establishment’s ‘pick’ which should underscore how little ‘change’ this corrupted politician could ever deliver.

Discussing Labour MP John McDonnell’s astute takedown of Streeting in which he theorised the whole bid is a revenge plot by Epstein-pal Mandelson and dodgy McSweeney, we wrote:

He’s alleged revenge by Starmer’s former handlers Morgan McSweeney and his mentor and child-rapist fan Peter Mandelson. Both men were sacked or resigned over the scandal of Starmer’s appointment of Mandelson as ambassador to the US. Starmer has tried desperately to distance himself from Mandelson – completely unsuccessfully – and McDonnell says they’re now collecting payback.

Finishing:

Whether McDonnell is right or wrong, Streeting in Number 10 would be just as appalling news for the many as Starmer has been. Has-been… – that seems very appropriate. If only both of them were ‘never-was’s.

Streeting is (at best) a continuation, but he could be even worse

The Labour-right know that progressive, socialist policies are the only way they can differentiate themselves from right-wing Starmer. They are also the only hope of repair to our crumbling state. As a result, we have seen Streeting label himself as ‘progressive’ and once again, attempt to hoodwink the masses.

However, his 4% polling signifies that members are waking up and will not be fooled again.

Nevertheless, the media clearly worship him and will push him down our throats regardless.

Therefore, it is crucial that we do not forget who this man truly is – before it is far too late to do anything about it.

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