Tessa Fleming

We're getting notification that Number 10 has confirmed that Morgan McSweeney has resigned as the Prime Minister's Chief of Staff.

And now the controversy surrounding Peter Mandelson is once again dominating British politics.

Keir Starmer's decision to appoint Peter Mandelson as UK ambassador to the US, the UK's most sensitive diplomatic post, may prove to be his undoing.

It's emerged Mandelson failed security vetting before taking up the post, but was appointed regardless.

Questions are being asked about Starmer's judgement and whether his leadership is now on borrowed time.

And as Starmer and his Labour government grapple with scandal and instability, political allegiance is shifting elsewhere.

So with the Green Party enjoying a massive surge in support, who is the new face behind their success?

I'm Tessa Fleming and today on the IndoDaily, I'm joined by TRT World presenter Enda Brady to examine whether Starmer can withstand yet another Mandelson controversy and the rise of the Greens under Zach Polanski.

Enda Brady, Keir Starmer's leadership bows are continuing and look to be getting an awful lot worse in the midst of this latest Mandelson controversy.

So maybe just take us back briefly to his appointment, the key moments and the latest revelation that has since come to light.

If we just take a step back, I mean, obviously all these fresh revelations have come to light since he was sacked and information has come into the public domain.

But if you look at his appointment, I mean, it was always kind of high risk.

You know, he'd already been sacked from government twice for lying.

He was known to have a public relationship with Jeffrey Epstein.

Is there any speculation as to why Starmer was so keen to get Mandelson the post?

But the whole issue this week is that we now know that Peter Mandelson failed security vetting before taking up his role as UK ambassador to the US.

And yet somehow he still got the job.

And that's raised some pretty serious questions about who knew what and when they knew.

So take me through what we know and what we've heard so far.

And we'll start with Keir Starmer's version of events.