Keir Starmer’s former top aide Morgan McSweeney should hire lawyers before facing MPs next week, the former Labour Deputy Leader has warned. Tom Watson expressed concerns that Mr McSweeney may not get a “fair hearing” before the Commons Foreign Affairs Committee on Tuesday. Mr McSweeney dramatically quit in February, saying he took "full responsibility" for advising the PM to appoint Lord Mandelson as US ambassador as No10 was plunged into turmoil by the backlash over the peer's ties to