The age-old trick Wes Streeting learnt for his resignation speech

By The Telegraph

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There's an art to the resignation speech. Wes Streeting used his to fire a parting shot at Sir Keir Starmer. The Telegraph's Nick Gutteridge looks at how Streeting took inspiration from other resignation speeches and where his ranks in the history books. Read more: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2026/05/20/wes-streeting-resignation-speech-history-peel-cook-johnson/?WT.mc_id=tmgoff_tw_video_speech-history-peel-cook-johnson/ #wesstreeting #ukpolitics #keirstarmer

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