As King Charles III navigates Trumpworld in his state visit to Washington, D.C., British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is beating back rival parties’ attempts to drag him back into the mud of the Mandelson affair.
The premier narrowly avoided an investigation into his handling of Peter Mandelson’s appointment following a Tuesday debate in Parliament. The House of Commons voted on a proposal to refer Starmer to the Privileges Committee over the vetting process leading up to the appointment of a Jeffrey Epstein associate’s as ambassador to the United States.
Labour successfully blocked the motion with a 335 to 223 vote, quashing the referral.
“The Conservative Party resorted to this desperate political stunt the week before the May elections because they have no answers on the cost of living or the NHS,” a spokesperson for 10 Downing Street said of the failed proposal.
Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer steps out of the
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