(Andrew McDonald and Noah Keate – Politico) Keir Starmer has lost two of his top team, faced a public call for his resignation from a senior Labour figure, and been damaged by fresh revelations about the relationship between Peter Mandelson — the man he chose for the role of ambassador to the U.S — and the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. But he remains in No. 10 Downing Street, vowing to fight on. “I will never walk away from the mandate I was given to change this country, I will never walk away from the people that I’m charged with fighting for, I will never walk away from the country that I love,” he said Tuesday in his first public comments after Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar called for him to quit.
5 reasons Keir Starmer is clinging to power … for now – POLITICO
