US EditionStarmer Says Mandelson Should Leave House of Lords After Epstein Links Emerge
Starmer demanded Mandelson quit the Lords and stop using his title amid allegations of leaking sensitive UK government files and receiving payments from Epstein.
- On Monday, Sir Keir Starmer called for Lord Peter Mandelson to leave the House of Lords after new reports linked him to Jeffrey Epstein, and asked for an urgent review.
- The US Department of Justice files show bank statements referencing three $25,000 payments to accounts linked to Peter Mandelson in 2003–2004, totaling $75,000, and indicate Epstein paid for an osteopathy course for Mandelson’s husband.
- Late on Sunday, Lord Peter Mandelson resigned his Labour Party membership after US Department of Justice images circulated widely, including one appearing to show him in his underwear.
- The Metropolitan Police said on Monday it received reports of alleged misconduct in a public office and will review if they meet the criminal threshold.
- The House of Lords requires a new law to remove a peerage, and Sir Keir has urged the Lords to modernise disciplinary procedures because the Prime Minister cannot strip a peerage.
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Former British Ambassador Peter Mandelson resigns from the House of Lords after publishing documents linking him to Jeffrey Epstein, adding to the embarrassment of Prime Minister Keir Starmer
The pressure was already unbearable even for the “prince of darkness,” who had managed to survive numerous scandals during his long political life. Peter Mandelson has given up his seat in the House of Lords, as demanded by both Prime Minister Keir Starmer, as well as many comrades of the Labour Party and the bloc opposition. His scandalous relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, and the allegedly criminal details that have emerged when the U.S. Depa…
Peter Mandelson is implicated in new documents attesting to his proximity to the American sexual criminal Jeffrey Epstein.
The police are investigating former British Minister of Economic Affairs Mandelson for connections with Epstein. Mandelson declared his resignation from the House of Lords.
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