Files: Ex US ambassador Mandelson said UK PM Starmer 'lacks verve'

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2026-06-02

London (PA Media/dpa) - Peter Mandelson criticised UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer's leadership and said No 10 needed a "complete revamp" in messages released among thousands of documents related to his posting as the UK's ambassador to the US. He also said the UK government would "never regret" appointing him, in a note to former foreign secretary David Lammy. The second tranche of documents relating to Starmer's decision to give the prestigious......

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