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The vast majority of Express readers who completed our survey want Keir Starmer to resign (Image: Getty)
The majority of readers say Keir Starmer should resign Peter Mandelson Security scandal at Daily Express questionnaire. This post asked: Sir Keir Mandelson is due to resign as Prime Minister after being accused of misleading Parliament about how he overcame official hurdles to become Britain’s ambassador to the US.
The Guardian reported on Thursday that Mandelson, 72, had failed a security clearance before taking office in early 2025. Sir Keir previously told Parliament that “full due process” had been observed. Conservative Party leader, Kemi BadenochHe said he should resign “either he was lying or he was incompetent”. A surprising 82.24% of our readers agree with him.
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This pie chart shows 2,293 readers say Starmer should resign (Image: Daily Express)
Results from the survey To express The report, published Friday, shows that 2,293 of the 2,788 readers who participated said “yes” and that he should resign. A total of 489 readers (17.53%) said “no,” while only six (0.21%) answered “don’t know.”
Readers who shared their views also harshly criticized a person who wrote under the name “one1” in their comments: “Yes, take the rest with you before it becomes a weak and penniless country full of vagabonds whose only interest is to distribute alms.”
Another reader, “Jedi Jones,” wrote: “He should be removed from office for the damage he has done to this country and it took him less than two years.”
A third reader, ‘choosi’, recalled the party-gate scandal that has plagued Boris Johnson’s administration, commenting: “Absolutely. When you think about the crackdown Labor put on the Conservatives over a stupid birthday cake, and every little infraction they and their chums at the BBC could come up with, it’s incredible he isn’t being pursued in the same way for something much worse.”
Fellow reader “Claremont77” said: “No, he shouldn’t resign. He should be sacked and the whole Lying Labor Government should go. Who will initiate the letters of no confidence?”
Reader was “thwarted” and interjected: “As the past months have proven, he is totally unfit to be Prime Minister!”
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It will be obvious if Sir Keir is found to have misled Parliament by putting integrity at the heart of his speech to voters in the July 2024 election.
The government has highlighted that Sir Keir and other ministers only learned earlier this week that the Foreign Office had cleared Mandelson for the role despite a negative security assessment.
The fallout quickly led departure This has led some to conclude that Sir Olly Robbins, the Foreign Office’s most senior civil servant, was being scapegoated in a bid to save the Prime Minister.
People familiar with the review process said it was standard practice for ministers not to be told of assessment results because of sensitive personal information.
They said the checks are not pass or fail, but provide a risk-based assessment that leaves the final decision up to senior officials like Robbins.
Sir Keir also faces questions over whether he effectively directed authorities to address concerns about Mandelson, who described previously convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein as his “best friend”.
The Prime Minister said he was “absolutely furious” at being left in the dark about the vetting results, describing it as “staggering” and “inexcusable”.
He will make a statement to the Parliament on Monday. Robbins, who was effectively sacked by Sir Keir, will address a committee of MPs on Tuesday and may tell a very different version of events.
