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On the evening of December 10th, 2025, former Downing Street communications director Matthew Doyle strolled in to the ballroom of Ireland’s embassy in Belgravia. It was the embassy’s Christmas press and political reception, but Doyle had his own reason to celebrate. Two hours earlier, UK prime minister Keir Starmer announced he was making Doyle (50) … Read more
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We need your help now Support from readers like you keeps The Journal open. You are visiting us because we have something you value. Independent, unbiased news that tells the truth. Advertising revenue goes some way to support our mission, but this year it has not been enough. If you’ve seen value in our reporting, … Read more
UK prime minister Keir Starmer was battling to save his premiership on Sunday night, following the resignation of his closest aide, Cork man Morgan McSweeney. McSweeney, the backroom mastermind behind Starmer’s rise to the Labour leadership and the party’s return to power, quit over the decision to appoint the Jeffrey Epstein-linked Peter Mandelson as the … Read more
Morgan McSweeney, Keir Starmer’s chief of staff and longtime ally, has quit his role as the British prime minister’s closest aide amid anger over his role in the appointment of Peter Mandelson as US ambassador. The Irish man’s position had grown increasingly untenable as pressure on Starmer mounted over the scandal, which followed the release … Read more
Leadership questions intensify around Keir Starmer amid anger over Peter Mandelson scandal The Journal Pressure mounts on Starmer amid Mandelson controversy RTE.ie Keir Starmer ‘needs a miracle’ to stay on as prime minister, says Labour MP amid Mandelson scandal – UK politics live The Guardian Could this be the beginning of the end for Starmer? BBC How much did … Read more
Is this the moment Irishman Morgan McSweeney must (finally) fall on his sword for Keir Starmer? The Journal Starmer, chief of staff under pressure over Mandelson row RTE.ie Starmer blames security services for Mandelson vetting fiasco The Telegraph ‘I never left your side’: Emails reveal more about Mandelson’s Epstein friendship BBC Starmer has ‘full confidence’ in Morgan McSweeney, No … Read more
Tory leader Kemi Badenoch loaded the political gun, but it was Labour MPs who turned it on their own leader on Wednesday. They were furious at Keir Starmer in the House of Commons all day over the debacle of Peter Mandelson’s appointment as ambassador to the US while keeping close links with child sex offender … Read more
You could be forgiven, as an Irish news consumer, for not knowing that earlier this week the British Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer, gave a speech on immigration that was the most radically immigration restrictive since Enoch Powell’s “Rivers of Blood” speech in April 1968. The Irish Times managed one article on the subject, as … Read more