5 h. ago Downing Street 'ignored warnings about Peter Mandelson's friendship with Jeffrey Epstein when Labour grandee was made ambassador'

The senior Labour peer Maurice Glasman privately warned Keir Starmer 's chief of staff Morgan McSweeney against the appointment in January.

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7 h. ago Jeffrey Epstein's 'best pal' Lord Mandelson says he might have been murdered in jail

Peter Mandelson, whose left red-faced after the extent of his friendship to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, thinks that his former friend could have been murdered in jail

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9 h. ago Lord Mandelson gave advice to 'best pal' Jeffrey Epstein as he faced criminal charges

Fresh revelations pile pressure on Britain’s ambassador to the US as Sir Keir Starmer urged to sack him

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11 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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11 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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14 h. ago Peter Mandelson: Who is the UK ambassador? What did he say about Jeffrey Epstein? What has Keir Starmer said?

Lord Mandelson has been criticised for his friendship with paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein, with new details about their relationship emerging this week.

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15 h. ago Palm Beach parties, property wars and a 'little black book' — the truth about Trump's friendship with Epstein

It’s the scandal the President can’t seem to get away from — so what do we actually know of his relationship with the “terrific guy” who became a convicted paedophile?

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16 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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17 h. ago Starmer writhes over what he knew when about Lord Mandelson's Jeffrey Epstein links as he says he DOES have confidence in US envoy... despite warnings of more damaging details to come

Britain's ambassador to Washington called the disgraced financier his 'best pal' and sent photos of himself topless and wearing a fluffy white dressing gown, it emerged.

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18 h. ago Lord Mandelson admits more 'embarrassing' details of his friendship with Jeffery Epstein will emerge

Lord Mandelson said he ‘never saw any evidence of criminal activity’ and suggested Epstein had not introduced him to women ‘because I'm a gay man’

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18 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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19 h. ago Mandelson: more ‘very embarrassing’ details of Epstein friendship to come

UK ambassador to US says he regrets continuing his association with paedophile financier ‘far longer than I should have done’UK politics live – latest updatesThe UK’s ambassador to the US, Peter Mandelson, has said more “very embarrassing” details of his friendship with the paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein will come out, as he said he had never seen any “wrongdoing”.His admission comes after US lawmakers released a 50th “birthday book” Epstein, in which Mandelson called him “my best pal”, in a handwritten note. Continue reading...

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20 h. ago 'Embarrassed' Lord Mandelson admits friendship with Jeffery Epstein went on ‘far longer’ that it should

Lord Mandelson said he ‘never saw any evidence of criminal activity’ and suggested Epstein had not introduced him to women ‘because I'm a gay man’

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20 h. ago Keir Starmer will meet Israeli president Isaac Herzog as MPs express ‘grave concern’ at the visit – UK politics live

The visit is seen as highly contentious amid the war in Gaza and Israel’s bombing of Qatar in a targeted strike aimed at Hamas officialsPeter Mandelson, the British ambassador to the US, has spoken at length about how he regrets “very, very deeply indeed” his past friendship with the billionaire paedophile sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.After new evidence about the extent of that friendship came to light yesterday, Mandelson gave an interview to the Sun’s editor-at-large in the US, Harry Cole, accepting that the disclosures were “very embarrassing to see and to read”.I just feel two things now – one, I feel a tremendous sense, a profound sense of sympathy for those people, those women, who suffered as a result of his behaviour and his illegal criminal activities.Secondly, I regret very, very deeply indeed carrying on that association with him for far longer than I should have done I just would say this during all the time I was an associate of his, I never saw the wrongdoing. I neve...

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20 h. ago Lord Mandelson admits more 'very embarrassing' details of friendship with 'best pal' Jeffrey Epstein will come out

Britain's ambassador to Washington called the disgraced financier his 'best pal' and sent photos of himself topless and wearing a fluffy white dressing gown, it emerged.

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2 w. ago Emily Maitlis reveals Prince Andrew phrase that hit 'weird note' in infamous interview

Former BBC Newsnight presenter Emily Maitlis grilled Prince Andrew about his alleged friendship with Jeffrey Epstein, and accusations against him, in 2019

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2 w. ago Ghislaine Maxwell: Duchess of York ‘pushed’ Andrew’s friendship with Jeffrey Epstein

Transcripts show Ghislaine Maxwell was grilled at length about the Duke of York's links to Jeffrey Epstein and Donald Trump

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4 w. ago EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: Author bans Andrew's pal Lady V from book launch

With explosive claims about Prince Andrew - his friendship with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein - Andrew Lownie's book on the Duke of York has rocked the monarchy.

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