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Would Keir Starmer agree to step down after May?

New Statesman·Ailbhe Rea·about 1 month ago
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Photo by Simon Dawson / No 10 Downing Street In Westminster, Keir Starmer can breathe a sigh of relief that the front pages haven’t splashed on further Mandelson developments or Labour tensions for the first time in a week. But something has shifted over the past few days. You saw it in the candour of Ed Miliband and Pat McFadden on the morning broadcast round, the blunt responses of Yvette Cooper in front of MPs, even in the eyes of Rachel Reeves sitting behind Starmer on the front benches. For weeks, we have been stuck in a holding pattern in which a majority in cabinet –  the “Praetorian Guard”  – have been determined to save the Prime Minister. Now, “the cabinet have given up,” as one adviser puts it. They are appalled by his judgement in sacking Olly Robbins and now expect Starmer never to escape the Mandelson story.…

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