Starmer's Mandelson nightmare never ends. This time, it may cost him his job as U.K. leader

LONDON — British Prime Minister Keir Starmer probably wishes he had never heard the name Peter Mandelson

LONDON — British Prime Minister Keir Starmer probably wishes he had never heard the name Peter Mandelson.

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Starmer is again facing questions over his future. And again, it's do with his misguided decision to appoint a self-professed "best pal" of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein to the plummiest of plum jobs in U.K. diplomacy — that of ambassador to the United States.

Two months ago when he was last imperiled over the appointment in late 2024, it was his judgment that was in question. Enough for some in his Labour Party, including its leader in Scotland, to urge him to stand down.