Starmer is having his own Epstein moment.
The new Epstein files scandal hit with such force in the UK that, besides the consequences to the king’s brother, former Prince Andrew, and the complete obliteration of the political career of former Labour peer Lord Peter Mandelson, reports now say that failing Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer will be the next in line.
The impending removal of Starmer has become an inescapable theme in the British press, with a Labour Party palace coup in motion led by former cabinet minister Angela Rayner.
Patrick Maguire wrote in The Times how ‘hollow’ Starmer ‘outsourced every significant decision’ only to find out ‘he’s left to pay the bill’:
‘It’s over. Let’s get that bit out of the way first, shall we? He won’t go today — nor tomorrow, not even next week — but soon he will be gone.’
It’s started – Labour MPs are coming out publicly for Keir Starmer to resign…
— Adam Brooks AKA EssexPR (@EssexPR) February 6, 2026
Maguire sees the prime minister ‘lashed to the mast with Lord Mandelson, stricken on the rocks of another man’s disgrace. From which there is no escape’.
“That’s how we ended up here. You outsource the economic policy to [Rachel] Reeves, the AI policy to [Tony] Blair, the campaign to McFadden, the devolution policy to Gordon Brown, the defense policy to George Robertson, the health policy to Alan Milburn, the foreign policy to Jonathan Powell. And then you outsource the politics of everything else — of the really important stuff that confounds and unsettles and repulses you — to Morgan [McSweeney], who outsources it to Peter [Mandelson], and all of a sudden, you’re left with the bill.”
We are entering the final weeks of Keir Starmer’s premiership.
It’s over for him. He knows it. Downing Street knows it. Labour knows it. And Mandelson most certainly knows it.
There is no road back for this sleaze-ridden Prime Minister. Britain deserves far better. pic.twitter.com/XIaZmXPbtu
— Nicholas Lissack (@NicholasLissack) February 6, 2026
The BBC report tries to protect Starmer, but has to admit:
“This has been Sir Keir Starmer’s worst week as prime minister.
There is a persuasive argument that it will be remembered as the moment his downfall became inevitable.”
“I am sorry, sorry for what was done to you, sorry that so many people with power failed you, sorry for having believed Mandelson’s lies and appointing him”
PM Keir Starmer issues apology to victims of Jeffrey Epstein, adding “we will pursue the truth”https://t.co/ggSOI9OvGc pic.twitter.com/ozWSI2pMk4
— BBC Breaking News (@BBCBreaking) February 5, 2026
In the political front, Starmer’s allies are desperately warning rebel MPs in their own Labour party that ‘a leadership coup by Angela Rayner will trigger a general election’ – which will certainly remove Labour from power.
Daily Mail reported:
“The under-fire Prime Minister is battling to stay in Downing Street as he reels from the Lord Mandelson scandal, with a number of backbenchers openly questioning his future.
[…] The Daily Mail understands that in the wake of Wednesday’s drama, Ms. Rayner told an MP ‘I will be ready’ to launch a leadership challenge, despite an ongoing probe into her tax affairs.”
‘Rayner is pushing certain people forward she feels will support her…’@ShaunBaileyUK reacts to breaking reports Angela Rayner has indicated she is ‘ready to strike’ against Starmer in a bid for the Labour leadership. pic.twitter.com/FDJ4syO55a
— GB News (@GBNEWS) February 5, 2026
“But, in a scramble to ward off a coup, Sir Keir’s allies are insisting that any new PM – such as Ms. Rayner – would not have a personal mandate from the electorate and therefore should call a general election.”
NEW: Labour MP Neil Duncan-Jordan has called for Keir Starmer to resign
“We can’t just keep going on like this – lurching from one crisis to the next. One of the best ways of resetting is to have a renewal of the Labour Party… and that means changing who’s in charge”
— Politics UK (@PolitlcsUK) February 6, 2026
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British PM Starmer Faces Labour Rebellion and Calls for Resignation – Admits He Knew Mandelson Kept Close to Epstein After His Conviction, and Nominated Him US Ambassador Anyway
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