Starmer says 'vast majority' of Labour still supports him, even amid Mandelson controversy Good morning and welcome to today’s live coverage of UK politics. Despite several calls for his resignation from within his own party, Keir Starmer told the Sunday Times that the “vast majority” of the Labour party are supportive of his leadership. “In politics, you get this sort of thing all of the time,” he said. “There is always talk. What you never hear from are all the people who are supportive, loyal and just want to get on with the job. And that is the vast majority of people in the parliamentary Labour party. “They’re pleased to be in power. They’ve waited a long time to be in power. And they just want to get on with their job. They don’t make a lot of noise about it. They don’t talk to journalists about it.…