Jeffrey Epstein, Peter Mandelson and US Ambassador
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For 40 years the wily operator made himself indispensable to successive Labour leaders - but has also caused them headaches.
Britain's Ambassador to the U.S., Peter Mandelson, has been fired by Prime Minister Keir Starmer over new information about his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Thursday fired U.S. Ambassador Peter Mandelson amid revelations of a close friendship with convicted U.S. sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
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The prime minister initially defended Lord Mandelson but sacked him as US ambassador after it was revealed he sent messages of support to Epstein even as the financier faced jail for sex offences in 2008.
The British government said it withdrew the envoy after newly revealed emails showed the depth of his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein.
Mandelson ‘economical with the truth’ about Epstein in answers to No 10 - The decision to sack Lord Mandelson with immediate effect was taken on Thursday morning and announced shortly afterwards.
The Labour peer is understood to have told friends he has no intention of standing down from the House of Lords.