Starmer-Streeting coffee summit lasts 16 minutes

Pity Sir Keir Starmer and Wes Streeting. The embattled Prime Minister must get through a King’s Speech against the backdrop of the Labour Party utterly despising him. And the Health Secretary must sit through the King’s Speech while preparing for a risky regicide that could kill off his own career. Tough dynamics to navigate. The least anyone can offer these poor souls, surely, is a decent cup of coffee to tide them through the hours ahead. Well, it would appear not.

At this morning’s highly anticipated showdown summit between the pair in No. 10 – briefed adorably by Downing Street........

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