Starmer Ignored Warning That Hiring Mandelson Posed Epstein Risk

Prime Minister Keir Starmer appointed Peter Mandelson as US ambassador despite an official vetting process that warned his ties to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein entailed “reputational risks.”

The premier’s national security adviser, Jonathan Powell, later described the hiring process as “weirdly rushed” — albeit after Mandelson had already been fired, according to documents published online on Wednesday by Starmer’s Labour administration.