‘If someone had pulled the trigger’: MPs rue lack of challenger to oust Starmer

Following a parliamentary debate regarding the release of documents related to Peter Mandelson, Keir Starmer's leadership of the Labour Party faced potential challenges. Discontent among Labour's new MPs arose due to concerns about being associated with the type of "sleaze" they believed the Labour government would end. Some MPs felt a leadership challenge was possible, but no one initiated it. Potential contenders like Angela Rayner and Wes Streeting were considered, but faced obstacles such as pending investigations or prior associations with Mandelson. Despite the internal unrest, a leadership change is considered unlikely due to the lack of a clear successor and the risk of toppling the government.

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