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Keir Starmer. Photograph: Sean Smith/The Guardian Starmer’s problems stem from his decision in late 2024 [to appoint Peter Mandelson](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/dec/20/appointment-peter-mandelson-new-uk-ambassador-to-us-divides-labour-mps), a Labour peer and veteran of successive governments, as ambassador in Washington
2024. Photograph: Leon Neal/Getty Images The prime minister’s speech was “well put together, clear-eyed, and passionate”, says ***Kiran Stacey***, but had one fundamental problem: “His policy solutions simply didn’t match the rhetoric
Keir Starmer was looking increasingly isolated over the Peter Mandelson scandal as the Guardian learned of [concerns around the cabinet table](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/apr/22/olly-robbins-starmer-sacking-ministers-cabinet-meeting), a senior minister refused to say the dismissal of Olly Robbins
Keir Starmer came in, there was talk of a ‘partnership in power’ between Cardiff and London, but that’s not what happened,” she says. From the HS2 funding controversy (in 2015, David Cameron’s government
Starmer, an incumbent premier with a bigger parliamentary majority than his transformative predecessor Clement Attlee won in 1945. What is driving this narrative? Why is the UK churning through its leaders almost as quickly
Keir Starmer’s leadership. Barring a drastic change in fortunes, Labour’s vote-share could fall to historic lows across elections for councils in England and devolved parliaments in Wales and [Scotland](https://www.theguardian.com/uk/scotland)
Keir Starmer will [face a vote](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/apr/27/mps-vote-inquiry-starmer-mandelson) on whether to launch a standards investigation into his appointing Peter Mandelson as ambassador to Washington. The speaker, Lindsay Hoyle, has granted a debate today