Ruth David: Starmer’s Albatross and the Absence of Alternatives
Keir Starmer’s biggest problem was the Iran war. Then new revelations over Peter Mandelson rekindled calls for his resignation.
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Will the real Keir Starmer please stand up?
The UK prime minister, who is on a trip to Paris for meetings on the Iran war, insisted in a pool interview today that he was not informed that security officials had raised objections with Mandelson’s nomination during the vetting process for his appointment as ambassador to the US.