Keir Starmer is facing the toughest week of his premiership after finally sacking Peter Mandelson, a move that has thrown Labour into chaos. Mandelson, long dogged by questions about his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein, was removed as Britain’s ambassador to the US after fresh emails emerged showing the closeness of their relationship.
The Prime Minister had clung on to him for days, insisting he still had “full confidence” in the peer, but the drip of revelations made that position impossible to hold.
