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Keir Starmer Thanks Submariners as They Return From Longest Patrol
Starmer thanked submariners after the crew completed one of the Royal Navy’s longest deterrent patrols, lasting more than 205 days.
- On Saturday, Prime Minister Keir Starmer visited Faslane naval base to welcome HMS Vanguard home after a patrol lasting more than 205 days, accompanied by Defence Secretary John Healey.
- Starmer faces mounting pressure to resign following revelations that Lord Peter Mandelson was appointed US ambassador despite failing a security vetting process, an oversight critics labeled 'staggering' incompetence.
- During his visit, the Prime Minister avoided meeting Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar, who is distancing himself from Starmer ahead of the May 7 Holyrood election after calling for his resignation in February.
- Rival political leaders condemned the visit, with SNP leader John Swinney calling it 'strange' and Tory leader Russell Findlay accusing Starmer of 'sulking' and using the base as a photo opportunity.
- Starmer emphasized the UK's nuclear deterrent is 'more important than ever,' though critics argue his focus on weaponry distracts from administrative failures amid calls for his resignation from across the political spectrum.
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Keir Starmer thanks submariners as they return from longest patrol
The Prime Minister visited the Faslane naval base on the Clyde.
·London, United Kingdom
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·Glasgow, United Kingdom
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Starmer warns UK must not take eyes off Putin from top-secret Vanguard sub visit
The Mirror was given rare access to join Keir Starmer as he boarded a nuclear-armed Vanguard-Class submarine off the coast of Scotland as it returned from a record 206-day deployment
·London, United Kingdom
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