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Keir Starmer has moved to relaunch his struggling premiership, apologising for appointing Peter Mandelson as the UK's ambassador to the United States and calling on Labour MPs to rally behind him.

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00:00Keir Starmer has moved to relaunch his struggling Premiership, apologising for appointing Peter
00:07Mandelson as the UK's Ambassador to the United States and calling on Labour MPs to rally behind
00:13him. The Prime Minister delivered a lengthy speech on community cohesion on Wednesday,
00:18but then faced intense questioning about his leadership following one of the most turbulent
00:24days of his time in Downing Street. With his authority in the Labour Party and in the Commons,
00:29under increasing pressure, Starmer said he understood MPs concerns and issued a direct
00:35apology to victims of Jeffrey Epstein. He said he regretted appointing Mandelson and said Mandelson
00:41had repeatedly lied about it.
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