Starmer Fires Mandelson as Envoy to US After Epstein Emails

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer fired Peter Mandelson as Britain’s ambassador to Washington, following revelations about the extent of his relationship to late pedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein.

The removal of the UK’s top diplomat in the US was announced in the House of Commons on Thursday, hours after Bloomberg detailed more than 100 previously unreported emails between Epstein and Mandelson that cast new light on the relationship between the two men. In one sent the day before Epstein reported to a Florida jail in June 2008 to begin serving time for soliciting sex from a minor, Mandelson wrote: “I think the world of you” and offered to discuss the financier’s case with his contacts. Mandelson didn’t respond to questions from Bloomberg.