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

The Telegraph The Telegraph — 2min

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/

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