"Winning the vote should be easy. Labour MPs are on a three-line whip to vote against the motion, and the government should win easily. We'll vote it down, Jonathan Reynolds, the chief whip, told Sky News last night."
"Badenoch, who will be opening the debate, is hoping to persuade MPs, and the public, that Starmer lied to the Commons over the appointment of Peter Mandelson as ambassador to the US, just as Boris Johnson lied to MPs about Partygate."
"In the view of the public, and most MPs, the real problem is that Starmer appointed Mandelson in the first place. Then, two weeks ago, Starmer compounded the problem by sacking Olly Robbins as permanent secretary to the Foreign Office."
Keir Starmer faces a vote on a motion tabled by Kemi Badenoch and other opposition MPs, which refers him to the privileges committee. Labour MPs are instructed to vote against the motion, which is expected to be defeated. Badenoch aims to argue that Starmer misled the Commons about Peter Mandelson's appointment, drawing a comparison to Boris Johnson's Partygate scandal. However, the case against Starmer is weak, and the public's concern lies more with his decision to appoint Mandelson rather than any alleged misleading statements.
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