How Starmer went from Labour hero to calling it quits in two years

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• More than 100 Labour members of Parliament called for Starmer to step down after Reform UK, a relatively new anti-immigration and hard-right party, won the largest number of local seats and the rising Green Party siphoned voters from the left.

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• Starmer's coronation on July 4, 2024 ushered in an optimism for Labour as it captured 411 of 650 seats in Parliament and drove out the Conservative Party after 14 years of rule.

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• "Walk into the morning, the sunlight of hope, pale at first but getting stronger through the day, shining once again, on a country with the opportunity after 14 years to get its future back." It didn't take long for storm clouds to appear.

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• Starmer’s judgment was further questioned when internal government files showed Mandelson was named to the post despite being labeled a “reputational risk.” Additional developments showed Mandelson failed a security background check before his appointment and was being investigated on allegations he passed sensitive government information to Epstein when he was a Cabinet minister more than 15 years ago.

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• With Britain’s public finances battered by the COVID-19 pandemic and the repercussions of Russia’s full-blown invasion of Ukraine, his government didn’t exactly have much room for big giveaways.

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• British Prime Minister Keir Starmer won his job after leading his party to a massive victory in 2024.

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• Starmer's decision to appoint controversial Labour member Peter Mandelson as U.S. ambassador — despite knowing he had been friends with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein — backfired badly.

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• But when revelations emerged in September 2025 that Mandelson had been much closer to the late financier Epstein than he had led on, Starmer fired him.

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• British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, right, talks with Britain's ambassador to the United States Peter Mandelson during a welcome reception at the ambassador's residence on Wednesday, Feb.

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• O victorie istorică obținută în 2024 s-a transformat, în mai puțin de doi ani, într-una dintre cele mai rapide prăbușiri politice din istoria recentă a Marii Britanii.

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• More than 100 Labour members of Parliament called for Starmer to step down after Reform UK, a relatively new anti-immigration and…

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• Starmer's coronation on July 4, 2024 ushered in an optimism for Labour as it captured 411 of 650 seats in Parliament and drove out the…

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• "Walk into the morning, the sunlight of hope, pale at first but getting stronger through the day, shining once again, on a country with the…

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• Starmer’s judgment was further questioned when internal government files showed Mandelson was named to the post despite being labeled a…

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• With Britain’s public finances battered by the COVID-19 pandemic and the repercussions of Russia’s full-blown invasion of Ukraine, his…

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