Starmer survives – but for how long?

斯塔默幸存了下来——但能坚持多久?

Today in Focus

2026-02-10

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Helen Pidd follows the twists and turns on Monday as the prime minister fought to keep his job. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
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  • This is The Guardian.

  • Today.

  • A wild 24 hours in British politics.

  • There are some days as a journalist when your best laid plans end up in tatters by lunchtime.

  • Yesterday was one of those days.

  • The episode we had planned to make for you today was going to look at how Keir Starmer would cope without Morgan McSweeney,

  • his chief of staff,

  • who would quit over the weekend because of his relationship with Peter Mandelson.

  • In the past few moments, we've received a statement.

  • Let me read it to you.

  • The decision to appoint Peter Mandelson was wrong.

  • He has damaged our party, our country, and trust in politics itself.

  • But the news gods had other ideas.

  • The Executive Director of Communications, Tim Allen, has quit.

  • Another senior member of Keir Starmer's team, gone.

  • Scotland's Labour leader, Anasawa,

  • is publicly expected to say in the next hour or so that Keir Starmer should go.

  • Needless to say, we had a chaotic start to the week.

  • And we're going to take you on the journey with us.

  • From The Guardian, I'm Helen Pid, today in Focus.