British Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s chief of staff Morgan McSweeney has quit, he said in a statement, as pressure intensifies on Mr Starmer over his decision to appoint Peter Mandelson as ambassador to the United States.
Mr Starmer is facing what is widely seen as the biggest crisis of his 18 months in power over his decision to send Mr Mandelson to Washington in 2024, after files showed the extent of Mr Mandelson’s relationship to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Mr McSweeney, a 48-year-old man from Co Cork, was Mr Starmer’s closest adviser and widely seen as one of the architects of Mr Starmer’s success in Britain’s July 2024 election.
He…