Epstein Scandal: UK Ambassador to Washington Peter Mandelson Failed Security Vetting But Was Appointed by Starmer Anyway

Peter Mandelson, the scandal-struck Epstein-linked Labour grandee was refused a security clearance but became British Ambassador to the U.S. anyway, leading to urgent calls for the Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer should resign if he misled Parliament over the appointment.

British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has been accused of having “blatantly lied” to Parliament and the public over his appointment of senior Labour colleague Peter Mandelson to the British embassy in Washington. The most serious political scandal in the lifetime of the present British government, the other major parties have demanded the Prime Minister resign.

Questions remain over what exactly the Prime Minister knew — the present official line is that he was ignorant of his own political appointee being rejected by the security services, but that finding being overruled — and for what exactly Mandelson was turned down for. This rolling, months-long scandal has already brought