17 h. ago Lord Mandelson finally apologises to Jeffrey Epstein's child victims for 'believing him over them'

Lord Peter Mandelson has finally apologised to the victims of Jeffrey Epstein for 'believing him over them' and remaining friends with the convicted paedophile.

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61 h. ago Lord Mandelson refuses to apologise to Jeffrey Epstein's victims with Labour peer claiming he had no knowledge of 'evil monster's' depravity because he's gay

The Labour peer, who was sacked as the UK's ambassador to the US last year over his ties to Epstein, distanced himself from the depravity of the 'evil monster'.

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61 h. ago Peter Mandelson declines to apologise for association with Jeffrey Epstein

Former UK ambassador says he is sorry for system that does not give victims protection they are entitled to expectPeter Mandelson declined to apologise to Jeffrey Epstein’s victims for remaining friends with the paedophile financier after his conviction but said he was sorry for “a system” that meant Epstein’s victims were ignored.The Labour peer, who was sacked as US ambassador when details of his support for Epstein emerged in September, gave an interview to the BBC on Sunday, saying he had paid a “calamitous” price for his association with the “evil monster”. Continue reading...

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62 h. ago Mandelson praises Trump’s ‘graciousness’ and declines to apologise for friendship with Jeffrey Epstein – UK politics live

In first TV interview since he was sacked as UK ambassador to US, Mandelson says association with Epstein was ‘terrible mistake’ but adds: ‘I was not culpable’Laura Kuenssberg asks Peter Mandelson if he liked Donald Trump when he was the UK ambassador.Mandelson says he did like Trump, listing of numerous reasons why, but said he did not like all of his “language”.I like him, yes, I liked his humour, his graciousness I liked his directness. You knew exactly what he was thinking and where you stood and what he wanted. And how he was proposing to engage, with you. Did I like in all his language? No, I didn’t, did I? Did he make me gasp? What’s going to happen is there’s going to be, another discussion, a lot of consultation and a lot of negotiation.At the end of the day, we are all going to have to wake up to the reality that the Arctic needs securing against China and Russia. Continue reading...

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62 h. ago Lord Peter Mandelson refuses to apologise for association with Jeffrey Epstein

The former ambassador apologised for a system that did not listen to Jeffrey Epstein’s victims but said he was not ‘complicit or culpable’.

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63 h. ago Fury as Peter Mandelson refuses to apologise over Jeffrey Epstein friendship

In a bombshell interview with the BBC's Laura Kuenssberg, former Ambassador to the US Lord Mandelson declined to apologise for his friendship with Epstein after his conviction for child sex offences

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