Starmer in crisis after Mandelson scandal roars back to life
In recent weeks, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer had capitalized on crisis abroad to shore up his position. New details about his appointment of former U.K. Ambassador to the U.S. Peter Mandelson are rekindling doubts about his grip on power at home.Starmer was forced to acknowledge on Thursday that the Foreign and Commonwealth Development Office had granted Mandelson security clearance last year over the objections of vetting officials. The revelation left him facing calls from opposition leaders to resign, as members of his own Labour Party privately conceded that the premier would have to step down if he was found to have known about any cover-up.“This is really serious,” John Cryer, a former chair of Labour’s parliamentary wing, told GB News. “This is a very, very serious crisis,” he said, adding that Starmer “has got some serious questions to answer.”
