Zack Polanski, not Wes Streeting, should be Britain’s first gay Prime Minister

Polanski fills me with far more hope than the Health Secretary (Picture: Metro/Getty)

Like many LGBT+ people, I’ve spent my whole life hoping I’d live to see the day an openly gay Prime Minister moved into 10 Downing Street.

Now, there is a very real possibility of it happening – and it couldn’t feel further from the celebratory moment once imagined.

Wes Streeting, never shy about his ambition to take the top job, has reportedly told Sir Keir Starmer that he is ready to replace him after local election results ...