Morgan McSweeney resigns

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Morgan McSweeney has resigned as chief of staff over the Mandleson scandal.

“After careful reflection, I have decided to resign from the government. The decision to appoint Peter Mandelson was wrong. He has damaged our party, our country and trust in politics itself. When asked, I advised the Prime Minister to make that appointment and I take full responsibility for that advice.
In public life responsibility must be owned when it matters most, not just when it is most convenient. In the circumstances, the only honourable course is to step aside.
This has not been an easy decision. Much has been written and said about me over the years but my motivations have always been simple: I have worked every day to elect and support a government that puts the lives of ordinary people first and leads us to a better future for our great country. Only a Labour government will do that..

What do you think, will Starmer be next? I have a feeling that he will have to resign too.
Place your bets..

YABU Starmer will survive
YANBU Starmer will resign

Morgan McSweeney is the fall guy.

Starmer will stay because Labour can't find anyone else to take over. Such is the calibre of our political parties these days.

First line of the first reply nails it.

Starmer's a slimy limpet type, he won't be going anywhere.

2 Chiefs of Staff in less than 2 years. Not a good look. And I struggle to follow the logic of advising to appoint PM is bad enough to resign, but actually making the decision and proceeding to appoint isn’t bad enough for Starmer to go??!

He'll be allowed to limp on till May.

Starmer will be forced out in May, it’ll be a mess. No lead candidate will emerge from the mess and the government will achieve nothing, leading to an earlier election and the horror show that will follow.

Copilot won't filter me a list of MPs suitable for being the next leader. This is what I gave it.

How many labour MPs are there? Which of them would be suitable for becoming the next leader. Skills must include good leadership, a good work history (outside politics and local government) and no scandal or corruption

Grok on the other hand suggests Shabana Mahmood.
and also says

In practice, very few current Labour MPs have the kind of “proper job outside the political bubble” you’re looking for while also being credible leadership material. The modern party (like the others) largely recruits from activist/union/think-tank pipelines. Shabana Mahmood is the clearest exception among the plausible contenders.

This is my reaction too.

Starmer has no shame at all. He clearly doesn't understand that the chaos in his party will not be helped when he's throws other people under the bus to pay the price for his mistakes. They must all be riddled with paranoia.

To those saying he will be forced out in May - only if there's an obvious candidate waiting in the wings and right now that doesn't look likely.

If Angela Rayner can sort out her tax debacle, then maybe.

Labour make getting rid of their leaders far harder than the Tories.

If Reform wins the by-election then Starmer will limp on til. May.

If the Greens win the by-election then he'll be gone in March.

After May, Starmer will probably be forced out. Rayner has little chance. Too unpopular.

He’d be gone by now if there was a strong candidate waiting in the wings. There is not.

‘In public life responsibility must be owned when it matters most, not just when it is most convenient. In the circumstances, the only honourable course is to step aside.’

oh, the irony!

I don’t think he will resign. It’s prime minister of the blood country, not some office job. You don’t just resign Willy nilly, there are serious repercussions even for the British people
who hate him.

Morgan mcsweeny appears far more the behind the scenes puppeteer than a fall
guy.

He will probably go. We will probably have a few weeks/ months of long drawn out bollocks to get through first. I would also like McFadden,Streeting and Steve Reed to feck off.

Rayner will be hopeless. Gob on a stick and has been found doing what she critised others doing. One rule for them another for us. She isn’t on the union floor now and don’t get me started on how she took her disabled son’s trust fund to pay to live with her latest squeeze (who has fired from the LP).

She tried to throw the solicitors who did her house purchase under the bus and they came out swinging and she was bloody Housing Minister!

I really don’t see the appeal of the Greens, legalise drugs, no landlords, open borders into the UK and soak the rich. Can anyone tell me what their appeal is.

As soon as so heard the news, I thought, ah… there goes the scapegoat.

You can add gender batshit enthusiasts and terrorist sympathisers to the list. Certainly no redeeming features that I can see.

How is he a scapegoat when he allegedly chaired the think tank that hand picked Starmer as their grey man to save the Labour Party, then got him in?!

I think it’s right Morgan McSweeney goes. I mean yes Keir should go too but I haven’t got an issue with MM resigning.

So why are they riding high in the polls. Polelenski just sounds like he has a massive chip on his shoulder.

Pointed, isn’t it?

Just as Reform appeal to people who think immigrants are responsible for all the ills in the world, the current incarnation of the Greens appeal to people who think the rich are solely responsible.

Honestly lots of people like the sound of free drugs, free houses, unlimited benefits and open borders. They are mostly economically illiterate, but so are plenty of Reform voters.

I don’t plan on voting for either party but it’s no mystery why they appeal to people.