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February 12, 2026
Pod Save the UK
McSweeney: the man who made Starmer and his ties to Mandelson

In This Episode

Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s cabinet circles the wagons as he survives another hellish week in office. One that saw the loss of his chief of staff, Morgan McSweeney, and his director of communications, Tim Allan, as the scandal over Peter Mandelson’s ties to sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein rages on. 

Nish and Coco are joined by Paul Holden, the “unofficial biographer” of Morgan McSweeney, to discuss his key role in the rise of Keir Starmer to power and his close relationship with Mandelson. Plus – reports that Labour Together hired a PR firm to investigate Paul and others looking into its funding under McSweeney.

Also, comedian Stuart Goldsmith on the serious business of being funny about climate change and why it goes all the way to the top of British intelligence.

 

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GUESTS 

Paul Holden, Investigative Journalist and author of The Fraud

Stuart Goldsmith, Climate Comedian

 

USEFUL LINKS

The Fraud: Keir Starmer, Morgan McSweeney, and the Crisis of British Democracy

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Stuart Goldsmith

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CREDITS

Sky News / YouTube

Sky News / YouTube

GOP Oversight / YouTube

Sky News Australia / YouTube

 

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