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‘Running Out of Road’: Keir Starmer Struggles Amid Scandal, Election Losses

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is barely keeping his head above water amid electoral defeats for his Labour Party, a scandal involving an affiliated nonprofit, and the resignation of a key Cabinet official.

“Keir Starmer is governing like a man who knows his mandate is evaporating,” Paul McCarthy, senior research fellow in European affairs at The Heritage Foundation, told The Daily Signal on Thursday.

Troubles have mounted for Starmer, whose Labour Party lost 1,496 seats in regional elections last week—an election somewhat similar to the U.S. midterm elections. The traditional opposition, the Conservative Party, also lost 563 seats, while the new populist conservative party, Reform UK, picked up 1,451 seats. Nigel Farage, a leading force behind Britain’s exit from the European Union and the leader of Reform UK, has aligned his party with U.S. President Donald Trump.

Labour Member of Parliament Catherine West told Starmer’s Cabinet to challenge the prime minister, threatening to do so herself.

Health Secretary Wes Streeting also resigned Thursday, setting up a potential battle for leadership in the party.

Other Starmer Scandals

These latest defeats come after Starmer fired key diplomatic official Olly Robbins in April for insufficiently vetting Lord Peter Mandelson, who was fired after his ties to disgraced financier and sex criminal Jeffrey Epstein........

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