To admit or not to admit - that is Starmer’s question. The power of the Mandelson scandal to overwhelm him cannot be overstated. The stench of betrayal, corruption and shocking personal behaviour is so strong that this threatens not just Sir Keir Starmer but the whole Labour brand. So far the prime minister has not admitted he was wrong. He is angry, shocked, betrayed, sorry that Mandelson lied to conceal the truth of his relationship with the dead paedophile and sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.