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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Jessica Elgot Deputy political editor

YOU WONT BELIEVE: Immediate threat to starmer has passed but his position remains precarious - You Need To See This

Starmer, wearing an open-necked white shirt, with blurred union flag bunting in the background
MPs said they were genuinely persuaded by the speech Keir Starmer gave on Monday evening. Photograph: Suzanne Plunkett/Reuters

“Is it over?” That was the question that Labour MPs have been asking themselves and each other. But the meaning has shifted over the last 24 hours.

After last Wednesday afternoon’s chaos in the Commons over the release of the Peter Mandelson documents, MPs widely believed it was the final throes of Keir Starmer’s leadership.

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