India, Feb. 10 -- British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is on Monday fighting to hold on to his job after his top aide resigned over a controversial politician's appointment as the UK's ambassador to the US despite known links with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Morgan McSweeney stepped down as Starmer's chief of staff at 10 Downing Street over the weekend after the release of Epstein's files exposed further details of Peter Mandelson's connections with him and triggered a criminal investigation by the UK police.

While McSweeney attempted to take full responsibility for Mandelson's appointment to Washington DC last year in his resignation letter, Starmer's own Labour Party MPs continue to question his judgment and leadership abili...