First Andrew, Now Mandelson: Starmer Can’t Catch a Break

Peter Mandelson is escorted from a property in London, on Feb. 23.Source: Sky News/AP Photo

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By Ellen Milligan

February 23, 2026 at 11:48 PM UTC

Updated on

February 24, 2026 at 6:35 AM UTC

For Prime Minister Keir Starmer, it’s just one thing after another.

On Thursday, it was the image of the former Prince Andrew slumped at the back of a police car, looking shell-shocked. On Monday, it was the turn of a stony-faced Peter Mandelson, his disgraced ex-ambassador to Washington, being escorted out of his luxury home in London by plain-clothed officers.