US EditionStreeting Says He Has ‘Nothing to Hide’ as Private Texts with Mandelson Emerge
Wes Streeting shared private messages with Peter Mandelson to show transparency amid controversy over Mandelson’s Epstein links and potential Labour leadership moves.
- On Monday, Wes Streeting published transcripts of messages with Mandelson to rebut secrecy claims and criticized Israel’s actions, saying he has 'nothing to hide' and shared texts with Sky News.
- Following weekend claims of closeness, Streeting says he published messages after a smear campaign to distance himself from Lord Peter Mandelson amid the Epstein-linked scandal.
- Dated August 2024 to October 2025, the messages reveal Streeting feared being 'toast' at the next election and noted his wafer-thin majority of 528 in Ilford North after a Commons vote last week.
- Immediate consequences include Sir Keir Starmer now facing pressure, an inquiry, and a criminal probe into Mandelson's appointment, Streeting said the messages would be covered by the inquiry.
- Streeting intends the release to distance himself from Lord Mandelson and project confidence, while his team insists they shared all WhatsApps from six months before Lord Mandelson's appointment to Monday, reflecting views Labour MPs and party members likely share.
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UK’s Streeting described Israel as rogue state in private texts
UK Health Secretary Wes Streeting has privately described Israel's genocide in the Gaza Strip as war crimes, according to WhatsApp messages he released this week, marking one of the most senior criticisms of Israel by a British government minister. In messages exchanged with veteran Labour figure Peter Mandelson, Streeting wrote that "Israel is committing war crimes before our eyes". "Their government talks the language of ethnic cleansing, and …
Streeting Admitted ‘Israel Is Committing War Crimes Before Our Eyes’
Wes Streeting admitted to disgraced former US ambassador Peter Mandelson last year that “Israel is committing war crimes before our eyes” and that medics had told him of “calculated brutality against women and children” in Palestine. The private message contrasts with Streeting’s public position on the genocide in Gaza; he continued to accept donations from the pro-Israel lobby as recently as 2024 and has received a total of £30k worth of contr…
Wes Streeting accused Israel of ‘talking the language of ethnic cleansing’ in texts to Lord Mandelson
The health secretary, tipped as a potential successor to Sir Keir Starmer, expressed concerns he would lose his seat to a pro-Gaza independent and claimed the Jewish state was committing ‘war crimes’
Top U.K. minister accuses Israel of Gaza war crimes in private messages to Peter Mandelson
Wes Streeting released WhatsApp messages with Peter Mandelson in a bid to downplay their relationship, writing to the then-ambassador and former friend of Jeffrey Epstein that Israel is behaving like a 'rogue state' and calling for stronger sanctions against it last summer
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