Peter Mandelson, Jeffrey Epstein and UK government
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Friendship with Jeffrey Epstein has already cost Peter Mandelson the post of Britain’s ambassador to Washington.
The latest mention of Mandelson follows last year's disclosure of correspondence between him and Epstein, including a note calling the convicted sex offender his 'best pal.'
Sir Keir Starmer has said Lord Peter Mandelson "should not be a member of the House of Lords" following further revelations about the peer’s links to paedophile financier, Jeffrey Epstein.
Mandelson took two flights at Epstein’s expense in 2003 worth a total of $7,486, which he did not declare to the House of Commons authorities. The flights appeared in a cache of documents released by the US House of Representatives oversight committee on September 2.
Documents released reportedly show Mr Mandelson sent Jeffrey Epstein briefing notes meant for then-British prime minister Gordon Brown.
Mandelson’s last name is referenced 5,938 times in the Epstein documents on the US Department of Justice website. In one email, he calls Epstein his “chief life adviser”, with email chains appearing to suggest that Epstein and Mandelson were very closely acquainted and discussed all sorts of business and politics.
The Prime Minister's spokesman said Lord Mandelson “should not be a member” of the House of Lords, with disciplinary action also to be taken.
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer urges former British ambassador to the US Peter Mandelson to resign from the House of Lords, the British Parliament’s unelected upper chamber of politicians, donors and assorted notables, in the wake of new revelations regarding his relationship with late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
The United Kingdom’s former ambassador to the United States has taken another step back from public life over his connections to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, resigning from the Labour Party on Sunday.
"[Can] you think of anyone … that might want the endorsement of Leonardo DiCaprio?" read a 2009 email to Epstein from Peter Mandelson, former British ambassador to the United States