British ambassador Mandelson fired due to narrow ties with Epstein

Lord Peter Mandelson, the British ambassador in Washington, was fired by Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Thursday for his ties with the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. “New information” shows that Mandelson (71) had a much closer bond with Epstein than it seemed at the time of his appointment [als ambassadeur]Said one by the British embassy in Washington published statement from the government.

Mandelson would have suggested in e-mails that Epstein’s first conviction is “a error”, “he must be challenged.” According to the British government, that, “also with a view to the victims of Epstein’s crimes”, is a reason to recall him as an ambassador “with immediate effect.”

Mandelsons position was already under discussion after becoming public His contribution to Epsteins ‘Birthday Book’ from 2003, Monday, in which he called Epstein “my best size,” and “an intelligent, witty, mysterious man,” who “came in parachuted.” The letter is one of dozens of contributions to the book, in which an alleged birthday card to Epstein van Donald Trump. In addition, there are pictures of Mandelson in vacationeus stay in one of Epsteins.

Mandelson himself said on Wednesday that more compromising news about him was coming. In a conversation with YouTube channel Harry Cole Saves the West, He said to believe that more “embarrassing” material from his correspondence with Epstein would be published without giving details. He added that it was twenty years ago that he wrote that. Earlier Mandelson stated that he “regretted a lot” of his encounters with Epstein, and that he “told me and many others, for which”.

Architect of Winst Labor

Mandelson played a leading role in the reform of Labor in the last century to a Center -left party who could also convince conservative voters. He was the architect of the Tony Blair election profit, who was three times prime minister from 1997. Twice before Mandelson had to put down a cabinet post through controversies around his person, but always made a comeback.

As an ambassador, he would be able to keep President Trump’s relationships between London and Washington as harmonious as possible, was the consensus when he took office in December last year. This despite his aversion to Brexit and his conviction that working with China is better than confrontation.

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