Tag Archives: Keir Starmer

09Feb/26

When will Keir Starmer resign?

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10 Feb. 2026 /Mpelembe Media  — Prime Minister Keir Starmer is facing a “deepening sense of crisis” in Downing Street following the resignation of two senior aides within a single 48-hour period. These departures are identified as fallout from the “Mandelson-Epstein revelations”. The instability has prompted immediate political speculation regarding the Prime Minister’s own future, with the article framing the situation around four potential paths for his exit from Number 10. Continue reading →

07Feb/26

Badenoch Declares “Britain Not Being Governed”

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“Britain Is Not Being Governed”: 4 Surprising Takeaways from the Mandelson Scandal

07 Feb. 2026 /Mpelembe Media  — Based on the provided data, there is no specific information detailing the exact event, allegation, or revelation that led to Lord Mandelson’s resignation. Continue reading →

04Feb/26

Betrayal of Trust: Mandelson Faces Criminal Probe and Forfeiture of Peerage Over Epstein ‘Inside Track’

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04, Feb. 2026 /Mpelembe Media/  — The 2026 release of the “Mandelson Files”—a cache of 3.5 million documents from the US Department of Justice—has triggered a terminal crisis for Peter Mandelson, resulting in his resignation from the Labour Party and the House of Lords, as well as a formal criminal investigation by the Metropolitan Police. The documents suggest that Mandelson provided the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein with a “brazen” inside track on market-sensitive UK government business during the 2008–2010 financial crisis. Continue reading →

02Feb/26

Epstein Files Release: DOJ Declares Mission Accomplished as 3.5 Million Pages Expose Elite Networks, Trigger Resignations, and Spark Privacy Outcry

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02, Feb. 2026 /Mpelembe Media/ —  The Department of Justice (DOJ) released a final tranche of documents on January 30, 2026, totaling over 3.5 million pages, 2,000 videos, and 180,000 images. While the DOJ identified over 6 million potentially responsive pages, it released only about half, discarding duplicates and non-relevant materials, and has declared its review complete and its legal obligations met. This assertion has drawn bipartisan criticism from lawmakers like Rep. Ro Khanna and Rep. Thomas Massie, who question why millions of pages remain withheld and are demanding access to unredacted files. Continue reading →

01Dec/25

Racism never went away – it simply changed shape

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Lars Cornelissen, Manchester Metropolitan University; Independent Social Research Foundation

Prime Minister Keir Starmer thinks that racism is returning to British society. He has accused Nigel Farage’s Reform UK of sowing “toxic division” with its “racist rhetoric”.

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24Nov/25

Is racism becoming more acceptable in the UK?

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Simon Goodman, De Montfort University and Rahul Sambaraju, University of Edinburgh

Keir Starmer has called on Nigel Farage to address allegations of racism in Reform UK, and antisemitic and xenophobic comments and bullying allegedly made by Farage while he was at school. Farage has denied the accusations.

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08Oct/24

Can Kemi Badenoch claim to have ‘become working class’ while working in McDonald’s – and why would she want to?

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Michael Rees, Nottingham Trent University

Conservative MP Kemi Badenoch recently caused controversy by claiming that while she was born to a middle-class family, she “became working class” when working in McDonald’s to earn money while she was in college. In fairness to Badenoch, having a diversity of experience is an admirable attribute for an MP – something you wouldn’t associate with someone like recently deposed Tory MP Jacob Rees-Mogg for example.

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05Jul/24

UK election: Tory downfall is democracy rectifying its mistakes

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Stephen Barber, University of East London

Democracies are no better than other forms of government at avoiding catastrophic mistakes. But they are much more effective at rectifying them. While the 2024 British general election might have seemed a long time coming, as the country meandered from one failure to the next, the utter scale of defeat for the Conservatives is testament to the ability of a democratic system to reject, reverse and renew.

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24Jan/23

Prince Harry is wrong: unconscious bias is not different to racism

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Meghan Tinsley, University of Manchester

When Prince Harry sat down with ITV journalist Tom Bradby for a conversation about his marriage, his estrangement from the royal family and his tell-all memoir, Spare, one particular segment stood out. Bradby said that Harry had accused some members of his family of racism, but Harry shook his head firmly.

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