Mandelson: Starmer’s original sin comes back to haunt him
4/28/202635 min
Morgan McSweeney has told MPs that the revelations about Peter Mandelson's relationship with Jeffrey Epstein were like a knife through his soul. The more we learn about the appointment process, the madder it sounds. And the odd thing is that crucial decisions were not written down: there are no receipts.
There's a mood building in the Labour Party that Keir Starmer will need to go big or go home: come up with a bold agenda, make the case for it and then deliver it. Has he got it in him? And how far to the left will he take the government?
Steven Swinford, political editor, The Times
Patrick Maguire, chief political commentator, The Times
Lara Spirit, deputy political editor, The Sunday Times
Producers: Euan Dawtrey, Harry Kitson
Executive producer: Molly Guinness
Picture credit: Getty Images
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When everyone says they're right Who do you believe? None of us knew the depth of that relationship. If the lines are blurred She knew Can you read between them?
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Depth of the relationship.
Tom Clarke0:44
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Steven Swinford· Host1:00
Welcome to The State of It, the political podcast from The Times and the Sunday Times. I'm Stephen Sinfield, political editor at The Times.
Patrick Maguire· Host1:10
I'm Patrick Maguire, chief political commentator for The Times.
Lara Spirit· Host1:12
I'm Lara Spirt, deputy political editor at The Sunday Times.
Steven Swinford· Host1:15
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