"There were probably more. Bastards, the lot of them. A coup was imminent. Not in May after the local elections but in a few weeks' time after the budget. But Keir was ready for them. Oh yes! No one messes with the Little Man. Come and get him if you think you're hard enough. Keir would fight back and Keir would win."
"Except Except it was all a morphine-fuelled fever dream. Paranoid fantasies of men and women lined up in a circular firing squad. There was no plot. Which isn't to say that Wes and Shabana don't have leadership ambitions. Both would be more than happy to take up residence in Downing Street if the chance arose. Just that neither of them have a campaign team primed and ready to go. Keir has added two and two and come to five."
Downing Street circulated claims that cabinet members plotted to remove Keir Starmer, naming figures such as Wes Streeting, Shabana Mahmood and Ed Miliband and warning of an imminent coup. The narrative framed the alleged plotters as dangerous and portrayed Starmer as prepared to fight and prevail. Subsequent evidence shows there was no organized plot and that purported challengers lacked campaign infrastructure. The episode reads as an overreaction and self-sabotage by Starmer’s team, producing internal paranoia, public confusion and reputational damage rather than exposing any coherent leadership threat.
Read at www.theguardian.com
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