‘Knife through my soul’: McSweeney, Starmer and Whitehall war over Mandelson saga Politics Sir Keir Starmer’s former chief of staff Morgan McSweeney, who pushed for Lord Mandelson’s appointment as US ambassador, has said that further revelations over the disgraced peer’s links to Jeffrey Epstein were a “knife through my soul”. In a blockbuster appearance before the Foreign Affairs Committee, McSweeney apologised for urging the Prime Minister to appoint [...]
Starmer must not exploit Ukraine crisis for right-wing votes Opinion With Trump and Vance attacking causes and values that British voters hold dear, Keir Starmer has to work harder to convey to a country shocked and appalled by the American administration’s behaviour whose side he is on, says Will Cooling As Sir Keir Starmer flew back to London last week, he could have been forgiven [...]