Keir Starmer is completed – and this arch nemesis has dealt him a devastating blow | Politics | News | EUROtoday

The Peter Mandelson scandal has not solely buried his personal political profession, nevertheless it may additionally finish Keir Starmer’s, too. It is staggering that the Prime Minister appointed a person with a observe report of political scandals as US ambassador, regardless of understanding that he was matey with convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein.

In instances of disaster, you want buddies. Sir Keir has only a few. Certainly not on the Labour again benches. That was evidently clear in PMQs because the ashen-faced Labour chief fumbled together with his papers and garbled on aimlessly.

Never earlier than have I seen a Prime Minister so ineffectual. He had no battle in him.

His management is now on life assist and it was considerably eyebrow-raising that Angela Rayner appeared to spearhead a backbench revolt over the Mandelson information.

While the PM was crumbling within the Commons one other potential Labour chief, Shabana Mahmood, contradicted him by admitting Brexit is to not blame for the Channel migrant disaster.

Labour MPs, from all wings of the get together, are additionally more and more voicing privately that Sir Keir’s demise is now terminal.

Whether he staggers on to the May elections, by which Labour face being trounced, stays to be seen.

What is obvious is that Sir Keir’s authority is shot.

He now not speaks for the Labour Party, not to mention the nation.