7 h. ago Peter Mandelson apologises for Epstein association in sudden U

Former ambassador to US had earlier declined to give apology for keeping in touch with sex offender after his conviction Peter Mandelson has issued an apology for his association with the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein – after declining to do so in an interview broadcast on Sunday.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 in which he suggested that as a gay man he knew nothing of the disgraced financier’s sex life. Continue reading...

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16 h. ago Swinney condemns ‘absurdity’ of Mandelson remaining in House of Lords

The Scottish First Minister spoke out as the SNP at Westminster prepared to table a Bill seeking to remove the former minister’s peerage.

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42 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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42 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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43 h. ago Mandelson refuses to apologise to victims over his friendship with Epstein

The Labour peer admitted to Laura Kuenssberg that his friendship with Epstein was ‘a terrible mistake’ but appeared to suggest he disagreed with his sacking as ambassador to the US

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43 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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43 h. ago Lord Mandelson refuses to apologise to Epstein victims for friendship after conviction

Former ambassador says he paid 'calamitous' price but maintains he was not 'culpable' for paedophile's crimes

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43 h. ago Mandelson reveals what he really thinks of Trump in first interview after sacking over Epstein ties

Lord Mandelson has revealed what he really thinks about Donald Trump.

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43 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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44 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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1 week ago My big night out: I finished the 1990s with fireworks, a funfair, flirting – and furious hope for the future

It was the end of a fabulous decade, when spontaneous, unpredictable parties seemed not just possible but typical. A new millennium was dawning. What could possibly go wrong?‘We wish you peace,” said Tony Blair as the clock struck 8pm. It was New Year’s Eve 1999, a Friday night, and I was on the banks of the Thames. Britain’s fresh-faced prime minister – only two years into the job – was giving a gimmick called The British Airways London Eye its first spin. The Eye was physically unremarkable and harrowingly slow, but it didn’t matter because it only had a five-year lease and definitely wouldn’t still be around a quarter of a century later, littering the skyline.It was the end of the 90s and, as the Thatcher/Major doldrums whizzed out of view like the subplot of Sliding Doors, we maintained a Bridget Jones-like innocence and entrusted the future to guys like Blair, Peter Mandelson and Bill Clinton, who didn’t seem like (respectively) warmongers, abuse excusers or sex pests. Continue...

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1 week ago Peter Mandelson’s 2005 general election warning to Tony Blair over Gordon Brown

Files released to the National Archives show that Peter Mandelson warned Tony Blair that tensions with his chancellor would need to be carefully managed during the election campaign

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3 w. ago Women paying thousands to fix their vaginas after unexpected fat jab side effect

Fat jab use has led to women in the US paying thousands to fix a female genital condition associated with sudden weight loss. The procedure has been dubbed 'labia puffing'

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3 w. ago Starmer appoints career diplomat to replace Mandelson as US ambassador

PM has turned to one of the UK’s most respected diplomats to replace Lord Mandelson in Washington DC

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3 w. ago Keir Starmer appoints career diplomat Christian Turner as US ambassador

Turner, appointed ambassador to UN in May, now replaces Peter Mandelson who was sacked over Epstein linksKeir Starmer has appointed the career diplomat Christian Turner as the UK’s ambassador to Washington, replacing Peter Mandelson who was sacked over his links to Jeffrey Epstein.Turner, who was appointed ambassador to the UN in May, had previously been political director at the Foreign Office and had brokered a close relationship with the new Labour administration before taking up his UN role in New York. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Peter Mandelson's replacement as US ambassador revealed after Epstein scandal

Christian Turner has been appointed UK Ambassador to the US after Lord Mandelson was sacked over the Jeffrey Epstein scandal in September

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3 w. ago Keir Starmer names his pick to replace Peter Mandelson as UK's Trump whisperer

Top diplomat Dr Christian Turner will replace Lord Mandelson as the UK's ambassador to Washington, after the Labour peer was sacked over revelations about his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein

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3 w. ago Starmer to appoint career diplomat to replace Mandelson as US ambassador

Sir Keir Starmer has chosen veteran diplomat Christian Turner as Lord Mandelson’s successor as Britain’s ambassador to the US.

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3 w. ago Starmer appoints career diplomat Christian Turner as US ambassador

Current ambassador to UN to replace Peter Mandelson, who was forced to quit over Epstein linkKeir Starmer has appointed the career diplomat Christian Turner as the new ambassador to Washington, government sources have confirmed.Turner will be replacing Peter Mandelson who was forced to quit over his links to Jeffrey Epstein. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago 'Dear America: Will the Epstein Files finally force you to confront glaring truth?'

'Although as a nation we are deeply shamed by Andrew Mountbatten Windsor, Ghislaine Maxwell and Peter Mandelson's ties with Jeffrey Epstein, we’re good with the punishments they have so far received, but America, you have done nothing'

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