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Sir Keir Starmer is dealing with mounting questions over his future in No 10 (Picture: Getty)
Sir Keir Starmer is combating for his political future after his chief of employees resigned. The Prime Minister’s right-hand man stop yesterday over the Lord Peter Mandelson scandal.
Mr McSweeney stated the choice to nominate the peer as US ambassador was flawed and that he took “full duty” for advising Sir Keir to go forward. The PM has confronted questions over his judgment after he handed Lord Mandelson the Washington job regardless of understanding that his dealings with Jeffrey Epstein continued after the financier’s conviction for baby intercourse offences.
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Mr McSweeney’s departure has sparked contemporary questions over Sir Keir’s future in 10 Downing Road.
Reform UK chief Nigel Farage predicted that the Prime Minister “received’t be far behind” his prime adviser.
The Clacton MP stated: “As predicted McSweeney has gone. Labour are simply persevering with the chaos we noticed below the Tories.
“My cash says Starmer received’t be far behind after Labour’s catastrophe within the elections this coming Could.”
In the meantime, Labour MP Brian Leishman stated Sir Keir ought to contemplate following Mr McSweeney out the door.
However there was contemporary scrutiny after new paperwork confirmed he leaked data to the financier whereas he was a authorities minister.
Mr McSweeney’s resignation is the second of a chief of employees to Sir Keir, after Sue Grey stop in 2024, and the newest in a slew of exits from No 10 in latest months.
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