7 h. ago Mandelson fights to stay as UK ambassador amid new Epstein revelations

Tories urge Sir Keir Starmer to remove the Labour peer from his role as envoy to Washington

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7 h. ago Mandelson fights to stay as UK envoy to the US amid new Epstein revelations

Tories urge Sir Keir Starmer to remove the Labour peer from his post

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8 h. ago Labour MPs turn on Starmer after PM backs Mandelson despite ‘best pal’ Epstein revelations

PM under pressure to sack Labour peer as it’s claimed he advised paedophile: 'Fight for early release. Your friends love you'

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9 h. ago Mandelson told Epstein: ‘your friends love you’ after 2008 charges, emails show

UK’s ambassador to US urged financier to ‘fight for early release’ after charges of procuring child for prostitutionThe British ambassador to the US, Peter Mandelson, told Jeffrey Epstein to “fight for early release” and wrote: “your friends stay with you and love you” when the disgraced financier was facing charges of procuring a child for prostitution, according to leaked emails.The emails, first published by the Sun after circulating in Washington DC, will put further pressure on Mandelson after he admitted on Tuesday that more “very embarrassing” details of his friendship with Epstein were likely to emerge but insisted he had never seen any “wrongdoing”. Continue reading...

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9 h. ago ‘Your friends love you,’ Mandelson told Epstein after 2008 charges, emails show

UK’s ambassador to US urged financier to ‘fight for early release’ after charges of procuring child for prostitutionThe British ambassador to the US, Peter Mandelson, told Jeffrey Epstein to “fight for early release” and wrote: “Your friends stay with you and love you,” when the disgraced financier was facing charges of procuring a child for prostitution, according to leaked emails.The emails, first published by the Sun after circulating in Washington DC, will put further pressure on Lord Mandelson after he admitted on Tuesday that more “very embarrassing” details of his friendship with Epstein were likely to emerge but insisted he had never seen any “wrongdoing”. Continue reading...

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9 h. ago Lord Mandelson urged 'best pal' Jeffrey Epstein to 'fight for early release' as paedophile was facing jail for child sex offences and told him: 'Your friends love you'

British ambassador Lord Mandelson kept his relationship with 'best pal' paedophile Jeffrey Epstein for four years after he was jailed for sex offences, emails reveal

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10 h. ago Lord Mandelson urged 'best pal' Jeffrey Epstein to 'fight for early release' AFTER paedophile was facing jail for child sex offences and told him: 'Your friends love you'

British ambassador Lord Mandelson kept his relationship with 'best pal' paedophile Jeffrey Epstein for four years after he was jailed for sex offences, emails reveal

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10 h. ago Lord Mandelson urged 'best pal' Jeffrey Epstein to 'fight for early release' AFTER paedophile was convicted of child sex offences and told him: 'Your friends love you'

British ambassador Lord Mandelson kept his relationship with 'best pal' paedophile Jeffrey Epstein for four years after he was jailed for sex offences, emails reveal

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12 h. ago Starmer challenged over Mandelson vetting after Epstein revelations

PM told to show due diligence was done before US ambassador appointment following publication of messages to convicted sex offender

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13 h. ago Keir Starmer backs Lord Mandelson as British ambassador after Jeffrey Epstein revelations

At Prime Minister's Questions today, Kemi Badenoch pressed Sir Keir on whether Lord Mandelson was the right man to hold the senior diplomat job

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13 h. ago Voices: Starmer is risking becoming mired in sleaze as he backs Mandelson over ‘best pal’ Epstein

Amid all the fallout from the Epstein ‘Birthday Book’, could the revelation that the US ambassador helped the late paedophile broker a $1bn deal, when he was Labour’s business secretary, be the point of no return, asks Sean O’Grady

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13 h. ago Voices: Starmer must ask Mandelson some serious questions about his ‘best pal’ Epstein

Amid the fallout from the Epstein ‘Birthday Book’, could the revelation that Peter Mandelson helped broker a $1bn deal for Epstein be the point of no return, asks Sean O’Grady

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14 h. ago Starmer urged to sack Mandelson amid Epstein business deal revelations

PM says he has confidence in ambassador when questioned in the Commons by Lib Dem and Tory leadersKeir Starmer has been urged to sack Peter Mandelson as the UK’s US ambassador after more details emerged of his close friendship and business dealings with the paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein.The prime minister was pressed on whether he knew that Mandelson, when business secretary in 2010, had reportedly allowed Epstein to help broker the sale of a UK government-owned business to a US bank – months after the financier had been released from jail in relation to his conviction for procuring a child for prostitution and soliciting a prostitute. Continue reading...

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14 h. ago Starmer told to publish Mandelson vetting documents after Epstein revelations

Labour peer and diplomat under pressure following publication of birthday messages to convicted sex offender

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14 h. ago Voices: Starmer must ask serious questions of Mandelson and ‘best pal’ Epstein

Amid the fallout from the Epstein ‘Birthday Book’, could the revelation that Lord Mandelson helped broker a $1bn deal for Epstein, be the point of no return, asks Sean O’Grady

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14 h. ago Keir Starmer backs Lord Mandelson as British ambassador after Jeffery Epstein revelations

At Prime Minister's Questions today, Kemi Badenoch pressed Sir Keir on whether Lord Mandelson was the right man to hold the senior diplomat job

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15 h. ago PMQs live: Badenoch calls Starmer ‘embarrassing’ for backing Mandelson after Epstein revelations

Sir Keir Starmer refuses to say whether he was aware of Lord Mandelson’s relationship with Epstein before appointment

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16 h. ago Mandelson predicts fresh revelations about Epstein friendship

Labour peer and diplomat under pressure after publication of birthday messages to convicted sex offender

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16 h. ago Starmer backs Mandelson after ‘embarrassing’ Epstein birthday note revelations: UK politics live

Lord Mandelson says 2003 birthday message is ‘very embarrassing’

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18 h. ago Mandelson breaks silence over Epstein scandal and admits there’s ‘very embarrassing’ revelations to come

Peter Mandelson described his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein as ‘an albatross around my neck’

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