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Is it possible that Mandelson might bring Starmer down?

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CurlewKate · 03/02/2026 15:30

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hattie43 · 04/02/2026 07:34

Starmer needs to go . After Chagos , Chinese Embassy and now this . He is a traitor who hates the UK and shows a worrying disregard for MI5 concerns .

Hazlenuts2016 · 04/02/2026 06:53

@caringcarer this is interesting. I can only find reports on this in the right wing press, so would like to see less biased reporting. But what would be in it for him, as a human rights lawyer? I wonder if his role has been misrepresented.

caringcarer · 04/02/2026 01:12

Hazlenuts2016 · 03/02/2026 23:17

@caringcarer people lost their houses because of Truss' mini budget sending mortgage rates sky rocketing. In what sense is he worse?

He personally persecuted British soldiers who had been found innocent but he wouldn't accept that and even doing working for free to try to get them prosecuted. He made their lives a misery on his personal vendetta against them. A very nasty man.

LizzieSiddal · 03/02/2026 23:21

Re Keir Starmer’s house being set on fire, there is a trial coming up, so the facts will come out there.
Anyone saying it’s being covered up is being ridiculous.

Hazlenuts2016 · 03/02/2026 23:17

@caringcarer people lost their houses because of Truss' mini budget sending mortgage rates sky rocketing. In what sense is he worse?

caringcarer · 03/02/2026 23:08

ValidPistachio · 03/02/2026 18:51

That doesn't make him a worse Prime Minister than Truss.

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I think he is worse.

sleepwouldbenice · 03/02/2026 20:57

No

Puppylucky · 03/02/2026 20:50

Dollymylove · 03/02/2026 19:22

Well hes married, for starters 🫠

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Oh do me a favour! Michael Barrymore anyone

EasternStandard · 03/02/2026 20:38

Hazlenuts2016 · 03/02/2026 20:09

@Helen1625 Rwanda cost the tax payer billions before the tories had even launched it. It was never going to be workable, was just a gimmick as a very expensive last ditch attempt to win votes.

The same issue is costing billions under Labour.

TessSaysYes · 03/02/2026 20:32

I'd said probably not possible 😊

Helen1625 · 03/02/2026 20:32

Hazlenuts2016 · 03/02/2026 20:09

@Helen1625 Rwanda cost the tax payer billions before the tories had even launched it. It was never going to be workable, was just a gimmick as a very expensive last ditch attempt to win votes.

I know.

I was responding to the poster who said Mauritius is going to sue the UK. I added 'and Rwanda' as they are now going to sue the UK too.

38thparallel · 03/02/2026 20:27

The government knew there was a leak but ‘couldn’t pin it down

@StarChamber how did they know there was a leak? I mean if they didn’t in those days have access to Epstein’s emails.

Hazlenuts2016 · 03/02/2026 20:09

@Helen1625 Rwanda cost the tax payer billions before the tories had even launched it. It was never going to be workable, was just a gimmick as a very expensive last ditch attempt to win votes.

StarChamber · 03/02/2026 20:07

Puppylucky · 03/02/2026 19:14

Why are people assuming that anyone - including KS - knew anything about Mandelson and JE? The whole part about the files is that they are a deep dive into private correspondence and photos. Mandelson knew what he'd done but there is absolutely no evidence that anyone else in the UK govt did.

The government knew there was a leak but ‘couldn’t pin it down’.

Shame that the combined efforts of the Cabinet Office, GCHQ, MI5, MI6, and all the rest couldn’t pin it down. Oh well.

Autumngirl5 · 03/02/2026 20:04

I hope so!

pouletvous · 03/02/2026 20:02

Nah. He’s been sleazing up for decades

Helen1625 · 03/02/2026 20:01

Pineneedlesincarpet · 03/02/2026 18:16

Mauritius are planning on sueing us now for millions. Well done David Lammy.

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And Rwanda

Helen1625 · 03/02/2026 19:56

ValidPistachio · 03/02/2026 18:14

Truss was far, far worse than Starmer. Why do you suppose she only lasted a month and a half in the job?

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Because she was never meant to win. They wanted Sunak. The establishment made sure she only lasted a month.

anotheranonanon · 03/02/2026 19:56

ValidPistachio · 03/02/2026 18:54

Starmer and Reeves have both lasted in their respective roles for 18 months, and counting. In terms of competence and statesmanship, Truss is simply not in their league. You can argue all you like, but that is a fact.

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Only because neither of them seem to get the hint and just go. Have never seen such unpopular politicians - literally don’t know anyone that will publically admit supporting the Labour Party anymore and they are both a huge part of that.

38thparallel · 03/02/2026 19:46

Well no, cos theres no democratic process for getting rid of a royal family. Unless we ..you know.. do a France 😁

I think there’s quite a few on mn, including the op, who’d welcome a French solution.😂
Where will the guillotine go? Outside Buckingham Palace? Or outside Westminster Abbey, maybe?

Puppylucky · 03/02/2026 19:38

What exploitation? What illegal acts? Sorry but you will need to be clearer

FrizzyFrizbee · 03/02/2026 19:31

Puppylucky · 03/02/2026 19:21

Why are certain posters so obsessed with claiming that KS is a closet gay? Why would he need to be in 2026?!

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It’s not about whether he is gay. Did he exploit a vulnerable youth from Ukraine, that’s what I want to know, and did he commit an illegal act, and has he tried to evade justice (remember his former position). He is not automatically innocent because some supporters might like to believe he is.

How did a young lad from Ukraine know the address of one of Keir’s properties and why did he try to set fire to it? I want the truth, because it all seems rather odd to me.

And let’s remember Keir is a married man. He also has a certain view of what a woman is.

Pineneedlesincarpet · 03/02/2026 19:30

Puppylucky · 03/02/2026 19:25

Why? Seriously do you know anything about Mandelson and his previous crimes and misdemeanors? Fiddling mortgage applications etc. It's positively nostalgic compared with the on going grift of Farage. There is nothing in his past that links to this level of behaviour

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No read up on him. I remember when it happened the first time and the second time. Huge undeclared loan from Geoffrey Robinson to buy a house. And then he used his position to interfere with a passport application for the wealthy Indian businessman who was getting investigated at the time by the Indian government. Both times he was forced to resign. The guy cannot behave. And now we know he was up to much worse anyway!

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