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The new revelations of the Epstein case have unleashed a political storm in the United Kingdom that threatens to bring down Keir Starmer. The prime minister admitted this Wednesday in a statement in parliament that he had been alerted about the friendship of Peter Mandelson with the convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein before naming him ambassador to the United States.
Starmer admitted to the House of Commons that he was aware that the former Labor minister had a close connection with the American pedophile, including the fact that stayed at an Epstein residence in Manhattan when he was already in jail for crimes of child prostitution.
Despite pointing out that Mandelson “lied repeatedly” about the true dimension of his relationship with Epstein, the premier British now faces a challenge to his leadership within the Labor Party, with several MPs already speaking out against him.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer with Peter Mandelson, former British ambassador to the United States, in February 2025.
A member of the Government, according to The Timessaid that the appointment of the ambassador was “very difficult to understand” and “another self-inflicted wound” by Starmer. Another described the prime minister’s situation as “terminal” and a third confessed that hearing the statement had been “physically painful.”
John Hutton, a British MP, stated in a radio interview LBC that the way Starmer has handled the Mandelson scandal “could mark the end of the prime minister’s mandate”. “The problem lies with his leadership, and I believe that unless that changes drastically, the Government is in serious danger,” he added.
Starmer detailed before Parliament that Mandelson, who was also European Commissioner for Trade between 2004 and 2008, “betrayed the country” by sending sensitive information from the Labor Government, then led by Gordon Brownto Epstein, a fact that the Police are now investigating.
“To learn that a cabinet minister leaked sensitive information at the height of the response to the 2008 (credit) crisis is beyond outrageous. I’m as angry as the public and like any member of this chamber,” he said.
In response to the leader of the conservative opposition, Kemi Badenochwho questioned Starmer’s judgment in appointing him ambassador, Prime Minister He said he regretted having done it. and insisted that Mandelson lied when asked about his relationship with the child trafficker, who died in prison in 2019.
Starmer promised to disseminate documents related to the selection process, as long as it does not affect national security, and to collaborate in the Police investigation.
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Scotland Yard confirmed on Monday that it is investigating allegations that, when he was business minister, Mandelson sent Epstein, a man who has become a millionaire thanks to his financial activity, market-sensitive data, such as that the United Kingdom was planning to sell certain assets after the 2008 credit crisis.
The documents about the tycoon released by the US Administration also revealed that the former Labor minister tried to influence Brown’s Executive to modify a tax on bankers’ bonusesand confirmed to his friend in 2010 that the European Union had approved a bailout for Greece to save the euro.
Besides, Epstein made several payments to both Mandelson as well as her husband, Reinaldo Avila da Silva, between 2003 and 2009.
Despite denying having committed any crime, Peter Mandelson, disgraced among the British political class, resigned on Tuesday from his life seat in the House of Lords, months after being dismissed – on September 11 – as ambassador to the United States, a position he held since February 10, 2025.
Starmer indicated that he will promote legislation to also remove the title of lord, something that can only be done with an act of Parliament