Source: CNN
“Peter Mandelson was fired as Britain’s ambassador to the United States on Thursday after his ties to the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein became another unwelcome problem for the embattled Prime Minister Keir Starmer. Mandelson had been under mounting pressure over his relationship with Epstein after US lawmakers on Monday released a ‘birthday book,’ compiled for Epstein’s 50th birthday in 2003, in which the veteran Labour party politician had penned a handwritten note describing Epstein as ‘my best pal.’ … Hours later, the scandal snowballed after Bloomberg published a trove of emails between Mandelson and Epstein, in which Mandelson expressed support for his friend and offered to discuss his infamous 2008 Florida case with his political contacts. … Mandelson – who now has been forced out of three senior government roles over separate scandals – for years batted away questions about his links to Epstein.” (09/11/25)
https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/11/uk/peter-mandelson-uk-ambassador-fired-intl