Starmer Faces Fragmented Party After Resignation

Prime Minister Keir Starmer is confronting deep internal divisions after the recent resignations of chief of staff Morgan McSweeney and aide Tim Allan amid the "Mandelgate" controversy and factional infighting. McSweeney, credited with managing expulsions of Corbyn-era figures and calibrating Labour's median-voter strategy, had masked ideological rifts. His departure reveals persistent factional fault-lines that complicate policy coherence and governance for the Labour leadership.