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There is a look of despair in Starmer’s eyes – and a feeling in the room that the endgame has begun

Zack Polanski has criticised Sir Keir Starmer after the prime minister admitted he was aware of Lord Peter Mandelson’s relationship with Jeffrey Epstein even after his conviction for child sex offences.

Starmer’s right-hand man was considered the driving force behind Mandelson’s appointment as US ambassador

The speech came amid a torrid week for Sir Keir Starmer.

Mr Mitchell chaired the negotiations which led to the 1998 peace agreement.

The Prime Minister’s chief of staff held many political roles during his journey from building sites to Downing Street.

The immediate spark was Starmer’s decision to publicly apologise to Epstein’s victims for appointing Peter Mandelson as Britain’s ambassador to the United States. The apology was unprecedented. A sitting prime minister saying sorry not for something he personally did, but for something he authorised, knowing it would reopen trauma for…

The British prime minister faces intense pressure over the appointment after newly released documents revealed further details of Mandelson's ties to Epstein, pointing to a closer relationship than Mandelson had previously disclosed.

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