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Starmer Defies Calls To Resign

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Keir Starmer refused to resign as UK prime minister, defying calls from Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar amid fallout over former ambassador Peter Mandelson's ties to Jeffrey Epstein.

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by Brendan O’Rourke

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I want Keir Starmer to be replaced but thinking he is worse than Truss, Sunak etc. ...I do not understand the British electorate.
shashj.bsky.social Shashank Joshi @shashj.bsky.social · 12h
"Sir Keir is the most unpopular British prime minister since records began" www.economist.com/britain/2026...
February 10, 2026 at 9:38 AM

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by Axel Bruns

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Genuine news headline from Germany: “British PM Starmer survives Monday, politically”. 😂
Den Montag hat der britische Premier Starmer politisch überlebt
Für Keir Starmer war der Start in die Woche eine politische Achterbahnfahrt. Dabei ging es nicht nur um die Beziehung seines Ex-Botschafters zu Jeffrey Epstein. Denn die Unzufriedenheit mit dem britischen Premier geht tiefer. Von C. Prössl.
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February 10, 2026 at 9:12 AM

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I have been watching #bbcnews (in the background) for nearly two hours, speculating about water Starmer would resign - even though he won't, But I have yet to hear a single word about whether #anassarwar has just destroyed his career with a catastrophically mistimed piece of attention seeking.
February 10, 2026 at 9:07 AM

by Peter Cook

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See the next steps for Starmer.

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Kier Starmer offered a dignified and full apology yesterday over his appointment of Mandelstein. Subject to transparency via the investigation, that is sufficient in my view. Why do I say that, you ma...
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February 10, 2026 at 8:52 AM

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Awful from BBC News, they are camped out 10 Downing Street and broadcasting that Starmer is virtually gone. BBC trying to force a government collapse, definitely not impartial
February 10, 2026 at 8:47 AM

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Labour MPs come out in support of Keir Starmer, so obviously that's not good enough for BBC, and so they went out and asked the good old public whether they think he should go. Trying once again to force an early General Election knowing that Reform won't be riding anywhere near as high come 2029.
February 10, 2026 at 8:41 AM

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Labour soft left urges Starmer to reshuffle cabinet to end infighting | Labour

https://www.newsbeep.com/391180/

Labour’s powerful soft left caucus has urged Keir Starmer to reshuffle his cabinet and put an end to…
Labour soft left urges Starmer to reshuffle cabinet to end infighting | Labour - News Beep
Labour’s powerful soft left caucus has urged Keir Starmer to reshuffle his cabinet and put an end to factional infighting, with several calling for the return
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February 10, 2026 at 8:25 AM

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The John Curtice verdict as Anas Sarwar calls for Keir Starmer to quit
www.thenational.scot/news/2583962...
Anas Sarwar called for Keir Starmer to quit (Image: PA) "So the truth is this is probably somebody who is reckoning that their party in an election which is just a few weeks away is heading for a horrible car crash and it's now desperately twisted the steering wheel, not knowing at all whether he's going to avoid the car crash, but doing the one thing he thinks he might be able to do to try to turn things around. "We'll wait to see if Keir Starmer does eventually go or indeed whether it does anything for Labour's chances, but the truth is I think it's going to be very difficult for Anas Sarwar to escape what is the deep cloud of Keir Starmer's unpopularity that's hanging over Scottish Labour's chances in the Holyrood election on May 7."
February 10, 2026 at 8:23 AM

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Fair votes now! McSweeney was blocking PR and is gone. Starmer is weakened but must deliver Change - to the Electoral system!
February 10, 2026 at 8:22 AM

by Nando Sigona

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What we may soon find out, potentially leading to a resignation over a false statement by the PM, is that Starmer & McSweeney appointed Mandelson NOT out of ignorance, but BECAUSE his presence in Epstein network made him someone Trump could trust.
theconversation.com/how-much-tro...
How much trouble is Keir Starmer in?
MPs are furious at the prime minister – but no leadership contender is ready to mount a challenge.
theconversation.com
February 10, 2026 at 7:55 AM

by Henning Melber

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"It can’t be long before a couple of cleaners also resign because they too feel a bit guilty about not warning Starmer that they had misgivings about Mandelson."
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Futile resignations and blatant revisionism to the fore as Starmer staggers on | John Crace
The same cabinet ministers who failed to speak up for the PM in the morning were soon offering their undying support
www.theguardian.com
February 10, 2026 at 7:26 AM

by Steven Fielding

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Who knows? Perhaps Mandelson has inadvertently performed one last service to the Labour Party ?
polprofsteve2024.bsky.social Steven Fielding @polprofsteve2024.bsky.social · 3h
The Guardian today claims Starmer’s leadership is in peril and in tumult after McSweeney‘s departure. But it was anyway, and if McSweeney’s exit is accompanied by those of others and a change of approach then this tumult might be something many in the party have been wanting for quite some.
February 10, 2026 at 6:56 AM

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The Guardian today claims Starmer’s leadership is in peril and in tumult after McSweeney‘s departure. But it was anyway, and if McSweeney’s exit is accompanied by those of others and a change of approach then this tumult might be something many in the party have been wanting for quite some.
February 10, 2026 at 6:24 AM
The Guardian
Labour soft left urges Starmer to reshuffle cabinet to end infighting

Leadership contest would be wrong and counterproductive, Tribune group says on day of turmoil for No 10 and party Labour’s powerful soft left caucus has urged Keir Starmer to reshuffle his cabinet and put an end to factional infighting, with several calling for the return of Angela Rayner, Louise Haigh and Lucy Powell. The Tribune group of more than 100 MPs has long called in private for the departure of Starmer’s chief of staff, Morgan McSweeney, who quit on Sunday. Continue reading. . .

Labour soft left urges Starmer to reshuffle cabinet to end infighting
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New York Times
The Epstein Files Are Coming for Keir Starmer

Even longtime admirers see the writing on the wall for Keir Starmer.

The Epstein Files Are Coming for Keir Starmer
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Handelsblatt
UK: Starmer refuses to resign – vows to fight for his job

The British government is in crisis over the revealed friendship between former ambassador Mandelson and the sex offender Epstein. Prime Minister Starmer refuses to resign.

UK: Starmer refuses to resign – vows to fight for his job
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Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
F.A.Z. Early Thinker: Will the Epstein scandal bring Starmer down?

In Britain, Prime Minister Keir Starmer is under pressure over the Epstein scandal. A study shows how overweight increases the risk of infectious diseases. And at the Olympics alpine ace Emma Aicher competes again. The FAZ Early Thinker.

F.A.Z. Early Thinker: Will the Epstein scandal bring Starmer down?
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