Keir Starmer sacks Mandelson as US ambassador over Epstein ties

Peter Mandelson has been sacked arsenic the UK's ambassador to the US by premier curate Sir Keir Starmer implicit his ties to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein.

Sir Keir, who selected Lord Mandelson for the role, made the determination aft emails revealed the adjacent sent messages of enactment adjacent arsenic Epstein faced jailhouse for enactment offences.

In particular, Lord Mandelson's proposition that Epstein's archetypal condemnation was wrongful and should beryllium challenged is caller information. In airy of that, and mindful of the victims of Epstein's crimes helium has been withdrawn arsenic ambassador with contiguous effect.

The Foreign Office said the emails showed "the extent and grade of Peter Mandelson's narration with Jeffrey Epstein is materially antithetic from that known astatine the clip of his appointment".

Lord Mandelson has been withdrawn arsenic ambassador with contiguous effect.

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