The Papers: 'Starmer on the ropes' and 'Sobbin' Robbins spills the beans'

'Starmer on the ropes' and 'Sobbin' Robbins spills the beans'Just nowShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleMost of Wednesday's papers lead with the furore over Lord Peter Mandelson's appointment as British ambassador to the US after he was found to have failed vetting for the role. Former senior official Sir Olly Robbins was sacked as Foreign Office boss last week after it emerged he had cleared Lord Mandelson to take up the role without telling Sir Keir Starmer about the security concerns. The Times says Sir Keir is "on the ropes" after Sir Olly made an "extraordinary" appearance in Parliament on Tuesday. Sir Olly said Downing St had exerted "constant pressure" on officials - including to approve Lord Mandelson - and now, the Times says, "cabinet allies turn on" the PM with the allegations.The Metro says the PM is "reeling as sobbin' Robbins spills beans". And there is "peers pressure" as the paper reports that No 10 wanted an ambassador role for "another lord sacked over links to sex offender". Sir Olly said he had been pressured to find a position for Sir Keir's former communications chief, Lord Matthew Doyle. Lord Doyle was suspended from the Parliamentary Labour Party earlier this year after it emerged he had campaigned for a friend to become a councillor who had been charged with child sexual image offences. His friend was later convicted.According to the Telegraph, "Labour MPs vent fury at 'toxic' No10". Both Energy Secretary Ed Miliband and Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper are "publicly distancing themselves" from the PM after the "most damaging day to date" for Sir Keir. The Matt cartoon shows two bears walking in the woods, with one telling the other: "Keir Starmer says it's incredible that nobody told him what bears do in the woods."The Mail's take on the Starmer drama is that his "...