MANDELSON IS FINISHED — BUT CAN STARMER SURVIVE? LIVE
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🗓️ 3 February 2026
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MANDELSON IS FINISHED — BUT CAN STARMER SURVIVE? LIVE
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MANDELSON IN MELTDOWN — BUT IS STARMER GOING DOWN WITH HIM?
Today's live show asks the question rocking Westminster: has Keir Starmer made the worst political judgement call of his leadership? Peter Mandelson's past associations — including his links to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein — are back in the headlines, dragging Labour into a storm it thought was buried years ago.
Fair or not, the word "sleaze" is circling again, and voters have long memories. Now Starmer looks like a man scrambling to create distance. Tough talk. Hard lines. Signals he wants clear blue water between himself and the old New Labour fixer.
Critics say he's effectively throwing Mandelson under the bus because politically, he has no choice. But here's the problem: Starmer chose to bring him back. No one forced that decision. No one slipped Mandelson through the back door. So what does this say about Starmer's judgement?
Did he ignore internal warnings because he believed the public wouldn't care? Did his inner circle — including Morgan McSweeney — misread the mood of the country? Or does this show a deeper issue: that Labour still can't resist the pull of its old power brokers?
This isn't just about Mandelson anymore. It's about leadership instinct. Political radar. The ability to spot a grenade before you pull the pin. If Starmer can't see the damage in his own appointments, how can he claim he's able to run the country?
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Is Mandelson the liability — or is this the scandal that could take Starmer down too? Join us. This is turning into a full-blown political crisis.
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| 0:00.0 | Well, there you go then. Politics. Seven seconds is a long time in politics. Forget about seven days or seven weeks. The breaking news as I come on air now is that Mandelson has said it will give up his lordship. He's no longer Lord Mandelson. Is that the end of the matter? |
| 0:21.7 | I don't think so. |
| 0:23.3 | Because the fingerprints of Stama are all over this controversy, |
| 0:30.7 | which is why I've called them both clowns today. |
| 0:33.9 | Let's get your immediate reaction. |
| 0:36.0 | No big long intro today. Watch your view on this. What do you make of Mandelson? And is it time now for the police to be involved? I certainly think it is. It looks like he was given away state secrets, not just budget concerns. Also, how did Stama think this was ever a good idea to bring him back? |
| 0:59.5 | Also, to bring him back as the ambassador in Washington. |
| 1:04.3 | Everybody advised him against it. |
| 1:07.1 | He went ahead and did it. |
| 1:09.5 | So surely the fall of Mandelson isn't enough, or am I going too far? |
| 1:16.5 | I want your view. |
| 1:18.5 | I believe that the appointment of, what's his name now? |
| 1:24.9 | I forgot it. |
| 1:25.9 | Mandelson was the worst political judgment call of Stama's leadership. |
| 1:32.0 | But let's face it, there's plenty to choose from. |
| 1:35.5 | 14 new turns already. |
| 1:38.4 | The way he cheated old age pensioners. |
| 1:41.1 | The way he reverses every decision. |
| 1:43.3 | His obsession with foreign affairs and |
| 1:48.6 | getting his air miles up, his absolute refusal so far to go and see the victims, any of the |
| 1:57.8 | victims, well, apart from Southport, but of course they all called him a wanker and he ran away, |
| 2:03.4 | he hasn't gone to see anyone who's been murdered or raped, injured, |
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