Longtime aide has said he takes ‘full responsibility’ for advising PM to appoint Peter Mandelson as US ambassador
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Morgan McSweeney, Keir Starmer’s chief of staff, has quit his role as the prime minister’s closest aide amid anger over his role in the appointment of Peter Mandelson as US ambassador.
His position had grown increasingly untenable as pressure on Starmer mounted over the scandal, which followed the release of emails underlining the extent of Mandelson’s relationship with the convicted child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
McSweeney resigned saying he took “full responsibility” for advising Starmer to appoint Mandelson, a decision that had undermined trust in Labour, the country and politics itself, and that it was the “honourable course” for him to go.
