“The prime minister needs to be able to rely on his cabinet ministers to go out and defend him…and you could hear just how uncomfortable that interview was.”
The release of the Mandelson Files has added an extra “pressure point” on Sir Keir Starmer as even his most loyal allies struggle to defend him, says Times Radio’s political editor Anna Mikhailova.
Anna Mikhailova was speaking to Kate McCann and Stig Abell on Times Radio Breakfast. List live every day 6-10am.
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