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Allies of Sir Keir Starmer have blamed Donald Trump for the implosion of the Prime Minister’s premiership, claiming global chaos triggered by his presidency was the cause. The extraordinary claims emerged amid a bitter Labour civil war following the dramatic unravelling of Sir Keir’s leadership, with furious loyalists accusing senior Cabinet figures of betrayal, sabotage and plotting behind his back for more than a year.

Bloomberg’s Alex Wickham said allies of the Prime Minister believe global turmoil triggered by Mr Trump’s return to the White House left Sir Keir unable to focus on domestic priorities and fatally weakened his grip on power. A source close to the PM reportedly said Mr Trump was “singularly responsible” for the failure of the Starmer project, arguing the geopolitical shocks that followed his election meant Downing Street was consumed by international crises rather than voters’ concerns at home.

The source claimed Labour would have avoided disaster had the Democrats remained in power in Washington, insisting events would have unfolded “completely differently”.

They also reportedly blamed Sir Keir’s decision to appoint Peter Mandelson to a senior role as his “worst ever mistake”, after a Bloomberg investigation into the Labour grandee triggered a fresh period of instability from which the Government “never recovered”.

The revelations came as loyalists launched blistering attacks on senior Labour figures accused of orchestrating a coordinated campaign against the Prime Minister from inside government.

Ed Miliband and Wes Streeting were both accused by Starmer supporters of spending the past year destabilising the administration while publicly serving in Cabinet.

Mr Miliband was accused of helping orchestrate an internal push to install Andy Burnham as Prime Minister, with some Labour figures comparing the alleged manoeuvring to his controversial decision to defeat brother David Miliband in the 2010 Labour leadership contest.

Allies of Mr Burnham, Mr Miliband and Mr Streeting rejected claims they acted out of self-interest, arguing they were trying to save Labour from electoral annihilation under Sir Keir’s leadership and prevent Nigel Farage sweeping to power.

However the recriminations inside Labour have become increasingly savage, with one senior figure reportedly expressing disbelief that the party had descended into “factionalism, regicide and collapse” so quickly after entering government.

Others on the Labour right reportedly blamed Sir Keir’s concessions during the welfare rebellion for emboldening internal opponents and accelerating the collapse of his authority.

One ally compared Labour’s rebellious MPs to having “100 Liz Trusses” sitting on the backbenches, amid mounting fears in financial markets over the prospect of a more left-wing successor.

Investors were reportedly spooked by growing expectations that Mr Burnham could soon take power, with supporters of the Greater Manchester Mayor claiming he could become Prime Minister by Labour conference in September.

Meanwhile, some figures on Labour’s left turned their fire on Chancellor Rachel Reeves, with one senior source reportedly claiming history would judge her most harshly for the government’s collapse.