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The Downfall of Peter Mandelson and Morgan McSweeney Offers a Chink of Light for Keir Starmer
The Prime Minister went against his own instincts by deferring so heavily to his former chief advisor – he now has a chance to offer the ‘government of service’ he promised. Adam Bienkov reports
Photo: Carl Court/PA
During his campaign to become Prime Minister, Keir Starmer said he would lead a “government of service” that would put the “country first”.
“Trust in politics is now so low, so degraded, that nobody believes anyone can make a difference any more,” he told voters. “After the sex scandals, the expenses scandals, the waste scandals, the contracts for friends – even in a crisis like the pandemic – people think we’re all just in it for ourselves.”
In contrast to the Conservatives, who he accused of “always putting their rich mates and donors before working people”, Starmer said his own government would be different. “The era of politics as self-interest, above service, is over,” he declared.
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