Is Keir Starmer’s premiership terminal?

基尔·斯塔默的首相任期是否已到尽头?

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2026-02-10

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It’s been a week of chaos in Westminster, as Prime Minister Keir Starmer fights for survival. The crisis he faces reached fever pitch on Sunday with the resignation of his chief of staff, Morgan McSweeney, followed swiftly the next morning by the departure of Tim Allan, his director of communications. On Monday afternoon, the pressure escalated further when Anas Sarwar, Labour leader in Scotland, became the most senior figure yet to publicly call for Starmer’s resignation. So can his government survive the next week ahead? This podcast was brought to you thanks to the support of readers of The Times and The Sunday Times. Subscribe today: http://thetimes.com/thestory Guest: Aubrey Allegretti, chief political correspondent, The Times. Host: Manveen Rana. Producer: Harry Stott, Sophie McNulty. We want to hear from you - email: thestory@thetimes.com Read more: With Morgan McSweeney forced out, PM may not be far behind Further listening: Mandelson, Epstein and the fight for survival at No 10 Clips: Times Radio, BBC, The Telegraph, Sky News, ITV News, GB News Photo: Getty Images, The Times, Dinesh Mehta This podcast was brought to you thanks to subscribers of The Times and The Sunday Times. To enjoy unlimited digital access to all our journalism subscribe here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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  • From The Times and The Sunday Times, this is the story.

  • I'm Manvin Rana.

  • It's been a frenetic week in Westminster, and it's only Monday.

  • We are now in the terminal phase of Kirsten Armour's Premiership.

  • And he's in a situation where he's either going to survive and be very,

  • very weakened going forward, or he's going to have to go.

  • This is a full blown crisis in Downing Street.

  • The Prime Minister's position is in peril.

  • But how did we get here?

  • When the new Epstein files dropped just over a week ago,

  • revealing the shocking extent of the relationship between Peter Mandelson and the convicted child sex offender,

  • the government.

  • was left reeling.

  • The UK Prime Minister has come under extreme pressure about what he knew about Lord Mandelson's connections to Jeffrey Epstein when he appointed him

  • as US ambassador.

  • By Wednesday, at Prime Minister's Questions,

  • Keir Starmer was loyally and publicly standing by his Chief of Staff,

  • Morgan McSweeney, a close friend of Peter Mandelson's who'd pushed for him to get the job.

  • Prime Minister McSweeney is an essential part of my team.

  • He helped me change the Labour Party and win an election.