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Starmer facing leadership questions after Mandelson sacking
BBC ^ | Sep 15 | BBC

Posted on 09/15/2025 3:50:49 AM PDT by RandFan

Sir Keir Starmer is facing mounting pressure from within the Labour party over his handling of the sacking of the US ambassador Peter Mandelson.

Labour MPs are expressing public and private frustration with the prime minister's leadership, as he prepares to welcome US President Donald Trump on a state visit this week.

Lord Mandelson was sacked last week after a cache of emails reported by Bloomberg showed supportive messages he sent after convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein pleaded guilty to sex offences.

Labour backbencher Richard Burgon told Radio 4's Today programme Sir Keir would be "gone" if May's elections in Scotland, Wales and parts of England go badly for Labour.

The scandal, coming so soon after Angela Rayner's resignation as deputy prime minister, has encouraged some Labour MPs to become more vocal about their frustrations with the prime minister's judgement and the wider Downing Street operation.

Burgon is a longstanding left-wing critic of Starmer's leadership but his comments nevertheless underline the scale of discontent within Labour.

Burgon said: "I think it's inevitable that if May's elections go as people predict and the opinion polls predict, then I think Starmer will be gone at that time.

"In terms of where we are now, it feels like we're years and years into an unpopular government rather than a year into a government that's just got rid of the Conservatives.

"We're losing votes to the left, we're going to be losing seats to the right."

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TOPICS: Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: lordmandelson; petermandelson; unitedkingdom

1 posted on 09/15/2025 3:50:49 AM PDT by RandFan
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To: RandFan
Ah, the Beeb...

EU flags outnumbered Union Jacks at BBC's Last Night of the Proms The annual classical music festival caused a stir as it returned with its traditional display of flags

Be sure to read the comments.

2 posted on 09/15/2025 4:11:44 AM PDT by mewzilla (Swing away, Mr. President, swing away! ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ)
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To: mewzilla

What Two Tier Free Gear Keir is REALLY facing.....

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@TRobinsonNewEra

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Legacy media proving again they’ll just lie to your face for their own agenda.

This is why nobody trusts them.

We are the media now.

4:07 PM ยท Sep 13, 2025 56.4M Views

https://x.com/TRobinsonNewEra/status/1966956948194292004

Awesome video at the link!


3 posted on 09/15/2025 4:25:02 AM PDT by mewzilla (Swing away, Mr. President, swing away! ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ)
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To: RandFan

“Lord Mandelson was sacked last week after a cache of emails reported by Bloomberg showed supportive messages he sent after convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein pleaded guilty to sex offences.”

Yet Starmer turns a blind eye to the Muslim rape gangs that gang rape thousands of young white British pre teen girls while the police and authorities stand by for fear of being called “Islamophobic”.

Brutal gang rapes like these disclosed in these court transcripts. Scroll down to details 50-54 for a small sample of the details of the rapes that happened in dozens of British cities.

https://www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/uploads/JCO/Documents/Judgments/sentencing-remarks-r-v-dogar-others.pdf


4 posted on 09/15/2025 5:11:41 AM PDT by Uncle Lonny
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