Wes Streeting's resignation speech handed scathing Tory takedown: 'No substance!'

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Wes Streeting has addressed the House of Commons to deliver his resignation speech, praising the Labour Government for helping the NHS on the road to recovery and offering his successor "full-hearted support".He said: "I left the Government because we are in the fight of our lives against nationalism, and it is a fight that we are currently losing.

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Wes Streeting's resignation speech had "no substance" and was merely a "list of platitudes", a Tory frontbencher has claimed.Speaking to GB News, Shadow Energy Secretary Claire Coutinho took aim at the ex-Health Secretary's address to Parliament and argued that many big questions were left "unanswered".Speaking in the Commons, Mr Streeting warned that Labour risks "handing the keys" of No 10 to Nigel Farage's party, while also warning Scottish and Welsh nationalism were an "existential threat" to the future of Britain.He said: "The future of this country will not be built by setting neighbour against neighbour, it will be built by renewing the bonds between us, decent jobs, strong public services, safe communities, a place we can call home, and a sense that everyone has a stake in Britain's success.

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