Wes Streeting
Health Secretary — Labour
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Latest Incident
Latest: The Guardian — scored 12 (lucid) on 2026-06-17
Score History
Cope Entries (27)
12
"Proposed equalising capital gains tax with income tax as a wealth tax to make the system fairer."
62
"Lamented the £4.5bn government expenditure on walking and cycling projects, framing it as wasteful in the context of defence budget priorities."
62
"Streeting argues Britain needs more wealth creation rather than a tax war on billionaires, opposing a wealth tax."
42
"Defended Palantir's stewardship of UK health data while simultaneously describing its executives as 'Blofeld villains'."
10
"Argues that the Conservative party's failures were the result of their overall programme of government rather than the fault of a single individual leader."
0
"Accused Sir Tony Blair of underestimating the impact of inequality in his critique of the Labour party."
12
"Streeting attacked Blair's essay for failing to mention inequality"
0
"Accused Tony Blair of underestimating the impact of inequality on the country."
0
"Accused former Prime Minister Tony Blair of underestimating the impact of inequality in his critique of the government."
62
"Nationalism represents an 'existential threat' to the future of the UK and the Labour government is losing the fight against it."
15
"The generational contract has been broken, and the state must begin fighting for young people rather than expecting them to fight for the state."
30
"Labour is losing the fight against populist nationalism and young people are let down by a system stacked against them."
0
"Leaving the European Union was a catastrophic mistake."
65
"Portrayed himself as a dynamic health secretary clearing up a 'mess' inherited from the previous government through radical changes to improve patient access."
0
"Wes Streeting resigned as Health Secretary, stating he had lost confidence in the Prime Minister."
30
"The Labour party requires a 'battle of ideas' and a broad field of candidates rather than a focus on personalities or petty factionalism."
15
"Downing Street confirms Wes Streeting retains full confidence from the Prime Minister and remains Health Secretary."
45
"Proposed an NHS modernisation bill to abolish NHS England."
32
"Wes Streeting intends to legislate to abolish NHS England."
15
"Proposed increasing capital gains tax to fund a 2p reduction in national insurance."
62
"Health Secretary Wes Streeting says England is 'moving away from a system that just treats illness' in announcing reform where GPs redirect patients to job coaches or gym instead of issuing sick notes."
45
"Wes Streeting has set out a 'bold, ambitious and necessary new course' for the NHS."
28
"Wes Streeting or Angela Rayner to seize the moment"
42
"Mayors in South Yorkshire and Greater Manchester will take responsibility for improving health outcomes by shifting the focus from hospital-based care to community-based prevention."
58
"The NHS is failing women due to 'medical misogyny' and the 'gaslighting' of female patients by doctors."
70
""dropped out because of a diary clash""
68
""Prevention is better than cure – this reform will save lives, ease pressure on the NHS, and build a healthier Britain.""