"Keir Starmer's message to the British people during the last election cycle was pretty simple: Labour were the grown-ups in Parliament and were the only party who could be trusted to govern the country. The campaign could be summed up in one persistently repeated sentence: Only a Labour government can break this cycle and stop the chaos. And yet, once again, the prime minister has faced his worst week in office."
"There's a lot of anger amongst Labour MPs, because really we want to, I mean, yesterday, I want to be talking about the cancer care plan, not about Peter Mandelson, he said. So I think what we need to do, I think what needs to really happen is that we need to, Keir Starmer needs to change his advisers in Number 10, I think he's been badly advised, and he's been really let down, particularly on this decision."
Keir Starmer campaigned as the responsible choice, promising Labour as the only party able to break cycles of chaos. The prime minister has faced a severe political backlash after appointing Peter Mandelson as US ambassador, creating anger among MPs and dividing the parliamentary party. Number 10 resisted demands to sack Morgan McSweeney, though several MPs called for a clearout of advisers. Labour MP Simon Opher emphasized frustration that attention shifted from a cancer care plan to Mandelson's appointment and urged adviser changes. Number 10 hoped Starmer's apology to Epstein's victims would help regain public and parliamentary trust.
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