A Keir-death experience: Britain's PM clings on

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  The Economist Hello and welcome to The Intelligence from The Economist.

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  I'm your host Rosie Bloor.

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  Every weekday we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world.

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  Last week one was passed in New York.

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  Our correspondent explains how these laws compare with their international counterparts.

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  And even if you've been watching the Winter Olympics,

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  First up, though.

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  Yesterday, the storm around Kearnstammer's Prime Minister ship grew and grew.

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  The distraction needs to end, and the leadership in Downing Street has to change.

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  Anna Sauer, the most senior Labour politician in Scotland,

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  and apparently a long-standing friend of Stammer called a press conference.

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  We cannot allow the failures at the heart of Downing Street to mean the failures continue here in Scotland.

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  The current crisis erupted over revelations in the recent release of files from Jeffrey Epstein.

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  These showed that Peter Mandelson, a labour lord and grandee of the party,

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  wasn't just an ongoing confidant of the convicted sex offender,

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  he actually leaked private government information.

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  That in turn has called in to question the Prime Minister's judgment.

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