US EditionWho Is Peter Mandelson, the Once-Influential Figure at the Heart of Britain’s Latest Political Storm?
Police investigate Mandelson over $75,000 in alleged Epstein payments and leaked sensitive UK government information, prompting his resignation from Labour and plans to quit the Lords.
- On Sunday, Peter Mandelson resigned from the Labour Party following a Times interview about newly released Epstein material summarised by Katy Balls.
- Documents released by US authorities reveal bank statements show three unexplained payments totaling $75,000 from Epstein's JP Morgan accounts to Mandelson in 2003–2004 and suggest he shared confidential 2009 government documents with Epstein.
- Documentation details social ties including a $10,000 payment to Reinaldo Avila da Silva and Mandelson attending Epstein dinner parties with Bill Gates and founders of Google.
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Peter Mandelson will be defined by disgrace
Over the course of a dry-ish January, I spent a few free evenings with Peter Mandelson. He was good company. A little arid when it came to the nitty gritty of policy; a little behind the times, perhaps, but lucid and forthright. I was reading The Blair Revolution, a book he co-wrote with Roger Liddle, which was published in 1996, on the eve of their boss’s first landslide victory. I wondered what I could learn about their project on its 30th ann…
Nick Thomas-Symonds issued stark Speaker warning during Peter Mandelson debate
Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle has warned Nick Thomas-Symonds not to "play off each other" as MPs debated Peter Mandelson and the Epstein files.Addressing the Paymaster General, the Speaker said: "There is an ongoing police investigation into this case. However, no charges have been brought. "It is up to the ministers how they reply, but the House rules do not prevent them from answering fully. So please, let's not hide behind that something's not fa…
British police on Tuesday launched a criminal investigation into former British ambassador to Washington Peter Mandelson over allegations he passed confidential information to now-deceased US sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
By Christian Edwards, CNN. Britain's political class is being rocked by a scandal of a magnitude that usually only happens once in a generation, and the man at its center was once seen as the savior of the party now in power. Peter Mandelson, the former British ambassador to the United States credited with modernizing the Labour Party that brought Tony Blair to power in 1997, now faces a criminal investigation following the latest release of U.S…
Who is Peter Mandelson, and why have his Epstein ties shaken the British establishment?
Britain’s political class is being shaken by a scandal the scale of which typically comes around only once in a generation, and the man at the heart of it was once seen as the savior of the party that is currently in power.
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