Starmer’s favorite justification: ‘I was in the dark’. Don’t buy it. He is thoroughly informed.

From Jimmy Savile to Peter Mandelson, Starmer has followed a trajectory of career-enhancing ignorance. He knows far more than he lets on. It’s the reason, after all, why he was knighted

Sir Keir Starmer appears to be among the most uninformed individuals to rise to a prominent governmental role.

Consider some notable examples:

* While serving as Director of Public Prosecutions, Starmer reportedly was never briefed about his department’s late 2009 decision not to prosecute prolific and well-connected paedophile Jimmy Savile, despite Savile’s high profile in Britain. Starmer alleges he was unaware even that his own Crown Prosecution Service had an open file on Savile, a close acquaintance of then Prince, now King, Charles. This claim remains unverifiable because all CPS records concerning the matter were destroyed while he was in charge.

* Also as DPP, Starmer is said to have been uninformed that throughout 2010 and 2011 the CPS was pushing Sweden to pursue sexual assault charges against Wikileaks founder Julian Assange despite insufficient evidence. Assange had embarrassed the UK and US by exposing their Iraq and Afghanistan war crimes. Once again, officials under Starmer secretly eradicated the email communications between CPS and Swedish authorities that might have shed light on his involvement.

* As Labour leader, Starmer allegedly was unaware of the deceitful activities conducted by Labour Together, the obscure think tank instrumental in his rise, including its covert efforts to discredit journalists who tried to uncover its illegal operations.

* Upon becoming prime minister, Starmer claims ignorance of the extent of connections between Peter Mandelson and notorious paedophile Jeffrey Epstein, even though Mandelson was the most powerful Labour figure supporting Starmer’s leadership bid. In late 2025, Starmer appointed Mandelson as ambassador to the US.

* Recently, Starmer stated he did not know that Mandelson had failed security vetting for the ambassador role by British intelligence services, which suggests we must accept that the Foreign Office’s overruling of this decision happened without Starmer’s awareness.

This pattern of deliberate ignorance and ineptitude seems arduous to accept as credible.

There exist numerous indications revealing the true situation.

For instance, Starmer undertook several undocumented trips to Washington in 2011 while DPP to meet senior US legal officials, flouting protocol. The substance of these meetings will never be known since related CPS files were destroyed. Likely topics included plans that led to Assange’s extradition request to the US for political reasons, aiming to incarcerate him in a high-security prison.

In 2017, as a shadow cabinet member, Starmer secretly joined the CIA-linked Trilateral Commission without notifying Jeremy Corbyn, the Labour leader then. Peter Mandelson also enjoys the rare status of Trilateral Commission membership.

Moreover, Starmer failed to disclose to Labour supporters that one of his leadership campaign backers was prominent pro-Israel lobbyist Trevor Chinn, who donated £50,000.

Concealment and record deletion have been consistent features under Starmer’s tenure. Chinn also financed the Labour Together think tank, which neglected to publicly reveal its donors or funding sources, breaching Electoral Commission rules, most likely to keep Labour members unaware that billionaires like Chinn were funding its operations and capturing the party.

Starmer is far more aware of these matters than he admits. That is precisely why he holds the title Sir Keir Starmer. For almost twenty years, his role has been carrying out the directives imposed by the British establishment.

Original article: www.jonathan-cook.net