Keir Starmer is fighting to hold onto Downing Street after the top Foreign Office civil servant Olly Robbins resigned overnight, taking the fall for the Peter Mandelson scandal.
Newly released documents confirm Mandelson was appointed UK ambassador to Washington despite failing security vetting over his Epstein ties, with officials overriding the recommendation.
Starmer insists he was kept in the dark and is “absolutely furious”, but opposition MPs are openly calling it unbelievable. He will face Parliament on Monday.
For a Prime Minister already battered in the polls, the prospect of a resignation call has moved from fringe speculation to live Westminster conversation.
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