It is believed that Streeting hopes to succeed Starmer as PM (Image: Getty) Wes Streeting has “royally f***ed” his reported bid to replace Sir Keir Starmer as Prime Minister, it has been claimed. Streeting resigned as Health Secretary today, claiming in a letter to the Prime Minister that he no longer had faith in his ability to lead the Labour Party as he slated his record in Government. Speculation had been growing for days that Streeting would quit his role in Cabinet in a bid to trigger a leadership contest, but his failure to do the latter left one expert believing that it was a sign that Streeting had got his approach wrong and did not have the support to do so. Speaking about his decision to quit on the News Agents podcast, Lewis Goodall said: “I think what has happened here is that Wes Streeting has made the best of a bad job. READ MORE: Pack your bags, the Hard Left is about to take over Britain READ MORE: Angela Rayner’s tax row verdict …