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UK PM admits he 'should not have appointed' Mandelson US envoy

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20-04-2026 | 10:51

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UK PM admits he 'should not have appointed' Mandelson US envoy

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer admitted to MPs Monday he should not have appointed disgraced Labour party grandee Peter Mandelson as ambassador to Washington.

Addressing parliament about a deepening political scandal, Starmer said: "At the heart of this, there is also a judgment I made that was wrong. I should not have appointed Peter Mandelson."

Starmer is seeking to quell anger over the scandal involving Mandelson, a long-time associate of late U.S. convicted sex offender, Jeffrey Epstein, after new revelations that he had failed security vetting before taking up the post.

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