Peter Mandelson quits Labour at last over Epstein links, leaving Keir Starmer boxed in over standards and accountability. Right, so Peter Mandelson has quit the Labour Party in disgrace, though that almost goes without saying with his history and Keir Starmer has lost the right to pretend his standards work into the bargain. He talked tough because it was easy. Then it stopped being easy and he did nothing. Mandelson was the test case and Starmer bottled it. He waited, hoped it would fade, and when Mandelson finally quit on his own, Starmer is left looking every inch the weakling and even more so given that just the day before he was suggesting the former Prince Andrew should testify before Congress. No comment on Mandelson though. So now everyone knows how this works. If you’re powerful enough, the rules slow down. If you wait long enough, the p ...