UK Prime Minister Starmer is fighting for political survival
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The Chief of Staff, Morgan McSweeney, resigned from his post, saying he takes “full responsibility” for his advice to Keir Starmer in December 2024 to appoint Peter Mandelson as the United Kingdom’s Ambassador to the United States.
McSweeney said: “The decision to appoint Peter Mandelson was wrong. It damaged trust in our party, our country, and politics.”
The 48-year-old strategist was the architect of the Labour Party’s election victory in July 2024 and had been Starmer’s closest political adviser since he became party leader in 2020.
Under intense pressure, Prime Minister Starmer apologized to the victims of Jeffrey Epstein, saying: “I am sorry. I am sorry for what was done to you, sorry that so many people in positions of power failed you, and sorry that I believed Mandelson’s lies and appointed him.”
Source: Euronews
Photo: Associated Press
