British Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s chief of staff Morgan McSweeney has quit, he said in a statement on Sunday, as pressure intensifies on Starmer over his decision to appoint Peter Mandelson as ambassador to the United States.
Starmer is facing what is widely seen as the biggest crisis of his 18 months in power over his decision to send Mandelson to Washington in 2024, after files showed the extent of Mandelson’s relationship to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
McSweeney,…
