Posted on 09/12/2025 1:46:23 PM PDT by RandFan
Labour MP Clive Lewis has said Sir Keir Starmer "doesn't seem up to the job" as anger grows over Peter Mandelson's appointment as an ambassador and the handling of his sacking.
Mandelson was fired over links to convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein. The men's friendship had been known about at the time of his appointment but No 10 said new information about their relationship only came to light this week.
Lewis, an outspoken voice on the Labour left, told the Radio 4's Week in Westminster: "It feels that he [the prime minister] has lost control within the first year".
Minister Douglas Alexander said the PM had "acted quickly" on Mandelson and the government was looking forward "to moving on".
Lewis said there was "a very, very dangerous atmosphere" among Labour MPs adding: "People are concerned, slightly downtrodden, a little bit browbeaten and feeling as if the party has seen better days".
The Norwich South MP said the thought of Reform UK leading in the polls "terrifies me, it terrifies my constituents and it terrifies a lot of people in this country... we don't have the luxury of carrying on this way".
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Huge event in November it's the budget announcement from the Chancellor which they postponed from April (usually to coincide with the financial year) and it's very unusual to have it this late
Arguably things are worse now so they have to fess' up.
I have been predicting that Sadiq Khan will become Labour leader.
Wishful thinking. But Starmer could get sacked and replaced by a slightly smoother Leftist.
Dear Lord. 🙄
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