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PM says Mandelson appointment was mistake as No 10 denies cover-up
Prime Minister Starmer apologised after documents revealed vetting gaps and warnings of reputational risk due to Mandelson's links to Jeffrey Epstein, amid ongoing police probe.
- 1- Keir Starmer admitted he made a mistake in appointing Peter Mandelson as the UK’s ambassador to the United States. 2- Downing Street rejected accusations of a cover-up after documents about the appointment were released. 3- The files show officials warned the prime minister that Mandelson’s past links to Jeffrey Epstein could create a “reputational risk.
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I made a mistake, and I apologise to the victims of Epstein. Keir Starmer intervenes after the release of the documents concerning the appointment of Lord Mandelson and tries to put the case out. An unlikely undertaking. While his spokesman had to intervene to reject the accusations of cover-up in the revelation of the documents relating to the appointment advanced by the leader of the conservative opposition Kemi Badenoch, the Tory pointed the …
·Rome, Italy
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Mandelson was my mistake but there was no cover-up: Starmer
Downing Street has been forced to deny allegations of a “cover-up” in the release of files related to the appointment of Peter Mandelson after accusations UK prime minister Keir Starmer misled MPs over the vetting process.
·Ireland
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Leaning Left7Leaning Right5Center7Last UpdatedBias Distribution37% Left, 37% Center
Bias Distribution
- 37% of the sources lean Left, 37% of the sources are Center
37% Center
L 37%
C 37%
R 26%
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