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Starmer’s fall from grace echoes mentor Blair

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Jody McIntyre
May 13, 2026
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British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, the man who once declared: “I said it loud and clear – and meant it – that I support Zionism without qualification,” is in a weaker position than ever.

Still reeling from a self-inflicted crisis over his appointment of Peter Mandelson as ambassador to the US, and with his Labour Party losing almost 1,500 seats at local elections on 7 May, many of his own cabinet members have turned against him, conceding that: “There is a sense that it’s over.”

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