Labour MPs 'Vote With Their Feet' As Support For Starmer Drains Away Amid Mandelson Fallout

Supportive interventions from the PM's own backbenchers were notable by their absence as he fights for his political life.

Support for Keir Starmer among Labour MPs appears to be draining away as he fights for his political life amid the latest Peter Mandelson scandal.

The prime minister eventually told MPs – nearly two hours into his appearance in the Commons – that he did not mislead them when he said due process had been followed when the shamed former peer was vetted for the role of US ambassador.

But by then, the benches behind him were sparse as his own MPs decided to leave the chamber rather than stay to give the prime minister their backing.

“Labour MPs are voting with their feet,” one senior party insider told HuffPost UK.

The prime minister had told parliament it was “staggering” that neither he nor any of his ministers had........

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