{"id":336705,"date":"2026-04-21T21:00:32","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T20:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/is-uk-prime-minister-keir-starmers-time-up-over-mandelson-mess-global-news-podcast\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T21:00:32","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T20:00:32","slug":"is-uk-prime-minister-keir-starmers-time-up-over-mandelson-mess-global-news-podcast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/is-uk-prime-minister-keir-starmers-time-up-over-mandelson-mess-global-news-podcast\/","title":{"rendered":"Is UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer&#8217;s time up over Mandelson mess? | Global News Podcast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/jGm6us7buKU\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Is UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer's time up over Mandelson mess? | Global News Podcast\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jGm6us7buKU\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>The UK prime minister, Sir Keir Starmer, is under intense scrutiny over the appointment of Peter Mandelson as ambassador to the US, in 2024. Lord Mandelson &#8211; a veteran member of the Labour party &#8211; was dismissed after less than a year in the job, over his ties to the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Lord Mandelson has denied any wrongdoing.  <\/p>\n<p>On Monday, Keir Starmer was heckled by members of parliament, as he accused officials in the Foreign Office of deliberately withholding the fact that Lord Mandelson had initially failed his security vetting. On Tuesday, Sir Olly Robbins &#8211; who was sacked as the top senior civil servant at the Foreign Office last week &#8211; said his department faced &quot;constant pressure&quot; from the prime minister&#8217;s office, to formally approve Mandelson&#8217;s appointment. <\/p>\n<p>Opposition figures, including the Conservative party leader Kemi Badenoch, have called for Prime Minister Starmer to resign. <\/p>\n<p>The BBC&#8217;s UK political correspondent Rob Watson tells us that there is a growing consensus in Westminster that Mr Starmer will not lead the Labour party into the next general election.<\/p>\n<p>New episodes of the Global News Podcast are published twice a day. You can listen here: https:\/\/link.mgln.ai\/GNP-YT<\/p>\n<p>And you can find more of our Youtube episodes here: https:\/\/bbc.in\/GlobalNewsPodcast<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our channel here: https:\/\/bbc.in\/bbcnews<\/p>\n<p>For the latest news download the BBC News app or visit BBC.com\/news<\/p>\n<p>#BBCNews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The UK prime minister, Sir Keir Starmer, is under intense scrutiny over the appointment of Peter Mandelson as ambassador to the US, in 2024. Lord Mandelson &#8211; a veteran member of the Labour party &#8211; was dismissed after less than a year in the job, over his ties to the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. 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