Keir Starmer fired Peter Mandelson as the UK Ambassador to the US for his references to the convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.
Starmer, who chose the work Grandee, that he was a UK representative in Washington, made a decision after e -mail. Letters showed that peers sent supportive messages, even when Epstet was in prison for sexual offenses.
The Foreign Affairs Service stated that The letters showed: “Peter Mandelson’s relationship with Jeffrey Epstein is fundamentally different from the one known during his appointment.”
Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch said the Prime Minister “failed another important leadership test,” and Sir Ed Davey of Lib Dems said Starmer should come against parliamentary members and explain why he was appointed first.
Why was Peter Mandelson forgiven?
Although the Mandelson Association with Epstein was known for some time, new revelations earlier this week made his position unfounded.
On Monday night, Senior Democrats in the United States published Epstein’s 50th Birthday Books from 2003. There were reports of many acquaintances and friends. This included a series of strange messages in which Mandelson described the financier as a “best friend.”
It reads: “Once upon a time, a smart, sharply witty man they call” mysterious, “a parachute in my life … You would spend many hours just waiting for it to appear … And often, not before, you are used to keeping it around, suddenly you are alone again, and then with them … or just some dogs. No, in one of his glorious homes he likes to share with his friends (yum yum) … But wherever he is in the world, he remains my best friend. “
Mandelson, who strongly denied with the knowledge of Epstein’s crimes, later described the words he used in his birthday message as “very shameful to see and read.”
On Wednesday, September 11, Starmer supported Mandelson through the prime minister’s questions, saying he “fully trusted.” But Bloomberg and The Sun later announced that day by email. Letters that showed that Mandelson’s relationship with Epstein continued after his crimes were revealed.
What did Mandelson say about Jeffrey Epstein?
Mandelson wrote e -mail. Letters to Epstein, who expressed his support, despite the fact that the financier was found guilty of prostitution and a minor and Sentenced to 18 months in prison.
He reportedly wrote to Epstein that “your friends stay with you and love you” and that he should “fight for early release” just before his prison sentence. The day before Epstein began his sentence, it is reported that Mandelson said to him, “I think your world.”
According to the Bank’s JP Morgan’s internal report, Mandelson stayed in Epstein Manhattan’s apartment and the pedophile served his sentence.
Foreign Minister Minister Stephen Doughty told members of the parliament that this information was not known when Lord Mandelson was elected as ambassador.
Doughty told parliamentarians: “First of all, Lord Mandelson’s proposal that Jeffrey Epstein’s first conviction was illegal and should be disputed is new information.
“And, in the light of the fact, and as we are all, he was removed as an ambassador with a direct effect on the disadvantaged victim of Epstein’s crime.”
What is Peter Mandelson?
In the 1990s, Mandelson was the main figure of the Labor revival, with the opposition party immersed in power Tony Blair after more than a decade.
He had a major influence behind the scenes as a reliable adviser to the Blair, so he was known as the Prince of Darkness.
However, his political career was caused by disputes, twice forced to resign from the minister.
1998 He withdrew from the position of Secretary of Trade after it turned out that he had received £ 373,000 from Payimaster General.
Mandelson was the main character of the new work project led by Tony Blair. (AP photo/Peter Morrison)
Mandelson returned as the Secretary of Northern Ireland in 1999, but he was forced to resign again in 2001.
He was accused of assisting one of the Indian billionaire Hindu brothers received a British passport for $ 1 million.
The study confirmed it inappropriate, but his career in Westminster appeared to be completed and he went to Brussels to become the European Commissioner.
However, 2008 He made a shock to the British politics when the then PM Gordon Brown forced him to business secretary. He abandoned the role in 2010, when the Leiborists lost the general election of that year.
Mandelson was announced as Starmer Ambassador to the US in 2024. December, before Donald Trump’s second term.