Labour MPs say they’ve never seen Keir Starmer so angry.

Colleagues with him in the lobbies on Tuesday night – during a vote on abolishing the two child benefit cap – say he loudly fumed about Mandelson: "He's a fucking liar. He fucking lied." https://t.co/VZr99o0UCR

— Aubrey Allegretti (@breeallegretti) February 6, 2026

The urgency to get Mandelson in as ambassador matches the urgency to give away the Chagos Islands.
I wonder if there is a connection?https://t.co/RMwSJ4OQRq

— Rambling Sid (@sid_rambling) February 6, 2026

REVEALED: Downing Street’s New Mandelson Strategy Is to Blame Two Senior Civil Servants https://t.co/cP8r324wCQ pic.twitter.com/xxAQZbQ2nT

— Guido Fawkes (@GuidoFawkes) February 6, 2026