Is Wes Streeting now a shoo-in for Labour leader?
Electoral Dysfunction
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4.4 • 764 Ratings
🗓️ 14 November 2025
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
UPDATE: We talked again on this episode about speculation that Rachel Reeves was going to raise income tax rates in the budget. Since we recorded, Beth's been told that those plans have been ditched.
Read her analysis here and we'll discuss what's going on next time.
ON THIS EPISODE: Wes Streeting had to say he's more Joe Marler than Jonathan Ross after Number 10 started briefing he was plotting to oust Keir Starmer.
Westminster has been full of Traitors analogies after a chaotic week which ended with the PM apologising to his health secretary.
Harriet tells Beth and Ruth how it all went down within Labour - and she warns the Faithfuls (as they describe themselves) are getting fed up.
We also talk again about speculation that Rachel Reeves will raise income tax rates in the budget. Since we recorded, Beth's been told that those plans have been ditched.
Read more about Beth's story here and we'll discuss what's going on next time.
Also on this episode: it was a tricky week at the BBC too, after two senior resignations. We discuss how politicians will keep talking about the BBC over the next year.
Remember, you can also watch Beth Rigby, Harriet Harman and Ruth Davidson on YouTube.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Financial advice from St James's Place sponsors electoral dysfunction. |
| 0:05.0 | All right, mate, how's it going? What time you want till? |
| 0:08.0 | Not bad, thanks. Probably finishing three, I reckon. |
| 0:11.0 | Your Uber driver is here at aerobic fitness as you use every Tuesday lunchtime. |
| 0:17.0 | Because Uber drivers work when they want and do other stuff when they want. Like live a double life as Croydon's most popular aerobics instructor. |
| 0:25.1 | Naturally. |
| 0:26.8 | Looking good, gang. |
| 0:28.6 | Love those leggings, Trevor. |
| 0:30.4 | Let's go. |
| 0:32.4 | Uber, on our way. |
| 0:35.8 | Financial advice from St James's Place sponsors electoral dysfunction. |
| 0:45.1 | Hello and welcome to Electoral Disfunction from Sky News with me, Beth Rigby. |
| 0:50.0 | Me Ruth Davidson and me Harriet Harmon. |
| 0:52.3 | Hi. Hi. Is everyone okay? We're still hanging in there. |
| 0:55.9 | Now, things we didn't have on our bingo card for this week. |
| 0:59.8 | The BBC is without a Director General and a head of news, |
| 1:04.1 | only two of the biggest jobs in that giant organisation. |
| 1:07.4 | And Wes Streeting had to do the morning media round, |
| 1:10.0 | insisting he was more Joe Marla than Jonathan Ross. |
| 1:13.4 | I think whoever's been briefing this has been watching too much celebrity traitors |
| 1:16.9 | and this is just about the worst attack on a faithful I've seen since Joe Marla was kicked out and banished in the final. |
| 1:22.7 | Now this analogy went down very well with us traitor fans. |
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