Keir Starmer faces the fight of his political life in the Commons today as he attempts to explain why Peter Mandelson was sent to Washington as ambassador despite failing security vetting over his Jeffrey Epstein ties.
The top Foreign Office mandarin Olly Robbins has already been forced out, and Robbins will give evidence to MPs on Tuesday.
Opposition leaders are calling the Prime Minister either a liar or incompetent.
Kemi Badenoch said in a weekend letter that Starmer had “undermined national security” by handing the top diplomatic post to a man flagged as “high concern”.
Labour rebels are openly briefing against him.
Russian Strikes Kill 22 Hours Before Putin’s “Truce”
Russian missile and drone strikes killed at least 22 people across Ukraine on Tuesday, just hours before Vladimir Putin’s unilateral two-day Victory Day “ceasefire” was
6 May 2026
