Shocking errors reveal Starmer is unfit to be PM

THE MANDELSON-Epstein scandal is an utter embarrassment for our country.

- Priti Patel SHADOW FOREIGN SECRETARY

It has weakened our global standing and undermined our relationship with our most important ally, the United States.I visited Washington in February and met with figures from the administration, the Senate and the wider political landscape.

And one of the most striking things was how deeply the Lord Mandelson story had resonated. It projects an image of chaos. But it also does something worse: it casts a shadow of shame on the UK with our closest ally.

Keir Starmer’s constant, desperate attempts to cover up the truth have only made things worse.

By trying to dodge the Humble Address we tabled in Parliament and its demand for all documents to be published, he confirmed he had no intention of being honest.

Starmer has accepted he made an error in appointing Mandelson. He did that to try to kill the story.

By trying to present this scandal as an honest mistake, he hopes to get away without any more damage to his collapsing authority.

We will not let this happen.

Are we really expected to believe that a man who has spent years bragging about his reputation as the country’s top prosecutor — a job requiring attention to detail — just made an inadvertent error?