Mandelson
told Epstein ‘your friends love you’ after 2008 charges as Starmer faces
growing backlash: UK politics live
Prime
minister defies pressure to sack US ambassador over links with paedophile
Jeffrey Epstein
Athena
Stavrou
,Archie
Mitchell
Thursday
11 September 2025 08:16 BST
Resurfaced
emails have revealed that Lord Mandelson showed support for Jeffrey Epstein as
he was facing charges of child sex offences, putting mounting pressure on Sir
Keir Starmer to sack him.
In leaked
emails seen by The Sun and Bloomberg, the Labour grandee told Epstein “Your
friends stay with you and love you.”
He is
also reported to have told him to “fight for early release” shortly before he
was sentenced to 18 months in prison, and told him, “I think the world of you”
the day before he began his sentence.
It’s also
been claimed that the ambassador brokered a business deal with Epstein after
the latter had been released from prison.
Six
Labour MPs have condemned the prime minister for standing by Britain’s
ambassador to the US as some called for his sacking.
Conservative
leader Kemi Badenoch, who began the calls for Sir Keir to sack Mandelson, said
the ambassador was “mired in scandal” and his position was untenable.
No 10 has
continued to back Lord Mandelson, and declined to say whether the prime
minister aware of Mandelson’s relationship with Epstein before appointing him.
The UK
ambassador to the US reportedly told Epstein to “fight for early release”
shortly before he was sentenced to 18 months in prison, and told him, “I think
the world of you” the day before he began his sentence in 2008.
Asked for
his reaction, Mr Tapp told BBC Breakfast the emails made him “shudder”.
He added:
“I find it disturbing, those sorts of emails in honesty… we have to just look
at what Peter Mandelson saying around his regret and what he knew at the time.”
Tom
Watling 11
September 2025 08:16
19
minutes ago
Thornberry
pulls out of deputy Labour leader race
Emily
Thornberry has announced the she is withdrawing from the race to become the
next deputy leader of the Labour Party.
The
Labour MP for Islington South, Finsbury and De Beauvoir wrote on X: “I'm deeply
grateful to all the Labour members who have shared their support.
“But I
have decided to withdraw. It has been a privilege to take part in this race
with such brilliant women.
“I will
always be committed to this party and do everything I can to make it
successful.”
Tom
Watling11 September 2025 08:06
27
minutes ago
Labour
MP: ‘He should go immediately… his position is untenable’
The
Independent’s political correspondent Archie Mitchell reports:
A Labour
MP has said Lord Mandelson should immediately resign as his position is
“completely and utterly untenable”.
Left-winger
Andy McDonald said every Labour MP he has spoken to has lost confidence in the
British ambassador to the US over his links to Jeffrey Epstein.
“It is
widespread revulsion that we, by association, being in the same party, are
being brought under the microscope for something that he has done. He's got to
take responsibility for his actions and bring this to a close,” he told BBC
Radio 4’s Today programme.
He added
that ex-deputy PM Angela Rayner “did the right thing” in resigning when found
to have breached the ministerial code over her tax affairs. “This is of a
completely different scale… it speaks about morality and judgment and Peter
Mandelson’s position is just totally untenable, he needs to act and take
responsibility for his failures and withdraw from the political scene
immediately,” he said.
Sir Keir
Starmer is facing calls to sack Lord Peter Mandelson as British ambassador to
Washington over the latter’s ties to Jeffrey Epstein (Niall Carson/PA)
Sir Keir
Starmer is facing calls to sack Lord Peter Mandelson as British ambassador to
Washington over the latter’s ties to Jeffrey Epstein (Niall Carson/PA) (PA
Wire)
Athena
Stavrou11 September 2025 07:58
29
minutes ago
Pressure
mounts on Starmer to sack Mandelson
Sir Keir
Starmer is under increasing pressure to sack Lord Mandelson as the extent of
his relationship with Jefferey Epstein continues to come to light.
Tory
leader Kemi Badenoch described the revelations as “sickening” and said Lord
Mandelson’s position was “untenable”.
The
Conservatives also sought to increase the pressure on the Prime Minister by
tabling a series of parliamentary questions asking for information about what
Lord Mandelson had said about his association with Epstein during the vetting
process for his diplomatic role.
Meanwhile,
shadow minister Alicia Kearns called on Foreign Affairs Committee chairwoman
and Labour deputy leadership hopeful Dame Emily Thornberry to summon Lord
Mandelson to give evidence before her committee.
Labour
backbenchers Richard Burgon and Nadia Whittome also called for Lord Mandelson
to be sacked “immediately”.
Both said
the peer should never have been appointed to the role, while Ms Whittome added:
“We either stand with victims or we don’t.”
Sir Keir
Starmer has faced calls to sack Lord Peter Mandelson as ambassador to the US
from both Conservative and Labour politicians. (Carl Court/PA)
Sir Keir
Starmer has faced calls to sack Lord Peter Mandelson as ambassador to the US
from both Conservative and Labour politicians. (Carl Court/PA) (PA Archive)
Athena
Stavrou11 September 2025 07:56
41
minutes ago
Minister:
‘I would support parliamentary inquiry into Mandelson and Epstein’
The
Independent’s political correspondent Archie Mitchell reports:
A
minister has said he would support a parliamentary inquiry into Lord
Mandelson’s relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, adding that “it’s important we
have all the answers”.
Home
Office minister Mike Tapp said he believes “everything is out now” about the
relationship between the British ambassador to the US and the late paedophile.
But he
said that if parliament hauled Lord Mandelson in for questioning “I would
support that”.
“What's
important to me, and I'm really clear on this, is we do have the full answers
on this,” he told Sky News.
(Sky
News)
Athena
Stavrou11 September 2025 07:44
47
minutes ago
Mandelson
told Epstein 'I think the world of you' day before he went to prison
Newly
resurfaced emails have revealed Lord Mandelson continued to support Jefferey
Epstein as he faced child sex offence charges.
Reports
in both The Sun and Bloomberg revealed 2008 emails in which Lord Mandelson told
Epstein he was “following you closely and here whenever you need” and urged him
to “remember the Art of War” when dealing with prosecutors.
He is
also reported to have told Epstein to “fight for early release” shortly before
he was sentenced to 18 months in prison, and told him, “I think the world of
you” the day before he began his sentence.
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