Irish adviser’s resignation may not be enough to save Keir Starmer

It’s an Irishman abroad dominating the political headlines as a new week dawns. Cork native Morgan McSweeney bought his boss a little time yesterday – stepping down as Keir Starmer’s chief of staff. McSweeney said it was he who recommended Peter Mandelson get the job as British ambassador to the United States. The extent of Mandelson’s connections to the dead billionaire sex offender Jeffrey Epstein have put the British prime minister’s head on the chopping block. The most recent file dump in Washington raised suspicions that when he was a minister during the financial crisis, Mandelson may have leaked market-sensitive…