Is there really a plot to oust the PM?
The News Agents
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🗓️ 12 November 2025
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
Late last night came a crisis response from Downing Street responding to a story no one had even heard. The suggestion was a plot - to unseat the prime minister - supposedly by the Health Secretary Wes Streeting.
Streeting vehemently denied the plot. But a briefing went out from Downing Street suggesting Starmer was ready for the fight. What on earth is going on?
Later, Jon speaks to Christine Flack - Caroline Flack's mother - about her meetings with culture secretary Lisa Nandy to push for the second part of the cancelled Leveson Inquiry, and her new documentary into her daughter’s trial by media.
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| 0:00.0 | The Newsagents podcast is brought to you by HSBC UK, opening up a world of opportunity. |
| 0:08.7 | This is a global player original podcast. |
| 0:12.1 | What we heard the health secretary say this morning was that he wanted to cut waiting lists, |
| 0:16.0 | but we all know that there's only one waiting list that he really wants. |
| 0:19.9 | But the Prime Minister is not |
| 0:21.5 | going to do anything about the toxic culture. This is his responsibility. Just last night, |
| 0:27.0 | his allies accused not just the health secretary, but the Home Secretary and even the Energy |
| 0:32.2 | Secretary of launching leadership bids. These attacks came from number 10, nowhere else, his toxic number |
| 0:40.3 | 10. The person responsible for the culture in number 10 is his chief of staff, Morgan McSweeney. |
| 0:45.3 | Does the Prime Minister have full confidence in him? |
| 0:48.3 | No. |
| 0:49.3 | Morgan McSweeney, my team and I are absolutely focused on delivering for the country. And let me be clear, of course, Mr Speaker, I've never authorized a tax on cabinet members. |
| 0:59.0 | I appointed them to their post because they're the best people to carry out their jobs. |
| 1:03.4 | Where has all this talk of a tax briefing, plotting come from? |
| 1:08.5 | In the last 24 hours, a crisis has grown out that we simply never saw coming. |
| 1:14.5 | So is he in charge of the Downing Street operation or is someone else? Is his position stronger or weaker? |
| 1:23.3 | It certainly looks like the latter. And what is going on? |
| 1:29.5 | Who is running the country right now? |
| 1:31.6 | Welcome to the newsagents. |
| 1:37.0 | The Newsagents. |
| 1:38.0 | It's John. |
| 1:38.6 | It's Emily. And last night, we suddenly see reports that Downing Street is warning off the Health Secretary West Streeting |
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