Here is the recommendation Keir Starmer acquired in December 2024 when he was contemplating appointing Peter Mandelson as ambassador to the US:
Relationship with Jeffrey Epstein
● A 2019 report commissioned by JPMorgan discovered that Epstein appeared to
“maintain a particularly close relationship with Prince Andrew the Duke of
York and Lord Peter Mandelson, a senior member of the British
government”.
● The report cited Epstein’s private information which confirmed contact starting
in 2002 and persevering with all through the 2000s.
● After Epstein was first convicted of procuring an underage lady in 2008, their
relationship continued throughout 2009-2011, starting when Lord Mandelson
was Business Minister and persevering with after the tip of the Labour
authorities. Mandelson reportedly stayed in Epstein’s House whereas he was
in jail in June 2009.
● In 2014 Mandelson additionally agreed to be a “founding citizen” of an ocean
conservation group based by Ghislaine Maxwell, and funded by Epstein.
● On reporting of the JP Morgan report, Lord Mandelson’s spokesperson mentioned
“Lord Mandelson very much regrets ever having been introduced to Epstein.
This connection has been a matter of public record for some time. He never
had any kind of professional or business relationship with Epstein in any
form.”
● The Telegraph reported on these hyperlinks extensively in January 2024 –
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/01/10/lord-mandelson-friendship-jeffr
ey-epstein-keir-starmer/
● A Labour Party spokesperson has beforehand commented saying “There are
an entire vary of those who Keir Starmer talks to. Obviously he talks to
individuals who have been a part of the final Labour authorities, together with Peter
Mandelson.”
● The Cabinet Office holds official information which are prone to be launched by the
National Archives early subsequent 12 months, which relate to a Tony Blair assembly with
Epstein that was facilitated by Mandelson.
● To be aware – common reputational danger
https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/2181012/mandelson-files-live-starmer-brink