Mandelson files: Starmer knew
Keir Starmer apologised for appointing Peter Mandelson as US ambassador. Is it enough?
After a vote by MPs forced its hand, the government has released the first batch of files relating to Mandelson’s appointment.
They revealed that the Prime Minister was told the Labour peer posed a “reputational risk” because of his relationship with the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, and that his national security adviser raised concerns about the appointment.
The so-called “Mandelson files” also exposed a number of facts about the vetting process that were already reported by the New Statesman in…
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