Sir Keir Starmer should quit, the leader of Scottish Labour has said in a blow to the Prime Minister’s fragile authority.
Anas Sarwar used a press conference to call for Sir Keir to resign as the Prime Minister battles to remain in No 10 following the scandal surrounding Lord Peter Mandelson’s appointed to Washington as British ambassador, despite his links to Jeffrey Epstein being known.
Mr Sarwar said: “The distraction needs to end and the leadership in Downing Street has to change.”
Mr Sarwar is the most senior Labour politician to call for Sir Keir to go, perhaps conscious of the task facing Scottish Labour in May’s Holyrood elections.
The Prime Minister’s chief of staff Morgan McSweeney quit on Sunday and communications chief Tim Allan left on Monday in the wake of the Lord Mandelson row.
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