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Wes Streeting enjoys attention, likes a good joke and does not mind ruffling feathers. At the Spectator awards ceremony two years ago, Angela Rayner was the target as he gave a speech. He said:

The deputy prime minister is here. Good to see you Pat.

Jab at Wes I: “Last time [Streeting] gave an after-dinner speech he had a few jokes about us both,” Rayner said, referring to herself and Louise Haigh. “I remember it well. I’d just come back from meeting the pope. I was also introduced to a young ambitious cardinal tipped for the top — or the Vatican’s Wes Streeting as they called him. He didn’t get the votes either.”

Jab at Wes II: “Anyway, Louise and I were delighted Wes joined us back in Cabinet. I think Louise advised the prime minister to make him defense secretary because he’s the one Cabinet member we know can’t organize a coup.”