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Epstein link hits Mandelson, Starmer

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Peter Mandelson was plunged into disgrace in Britain after newly released files showed a close friendship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, raising fresh scrutiny of Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

New York Times
The Ties That Bound the UK’s ‘Prince of Darkness’ Peter Mandelson to Jeffrey Epstein

For years Peter Mandelson, a senior British politician, concealed the depth of his friendship with the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, until new files were released.

The Ties That Bound the UK’s ‘Prince of Darkness’ Peter Mandelson to Jeffrey Epstein
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The Guardian
There is a lot of convenient amnesia about Peter Mandelson’s New Labour days. Let’s jog some memories | George Monbiot

Yes, he betrayed the national interest in his dealings with Jeffrey Epstein - but also in his sanctioned role as enabler of corporate power History is being rewritten. The story we are told is that an evil man called Peter Mandelson, pursuing his own interests, went rogue to collaborate with a serial abuser of girls and women, undermining the good work of people seeking to defend the public interest. All this is true. But - and I fear many will find this hard to accept - it is only half the story. The much harder truth is that Mandelson’s disgraceful dealings with Jeffrey Epstein were less a betrayal of his brief than an unauthorised extension of it. In 2009 - just as, we now know, Mandelson was passing sensitive information to Epstein - I argued that the government department he ran , called Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (Berr), “functions as a fifth column within government, working for corporations to undermine democracy and the public interest”. George Monbiot is a Guardian columnist Do you have an opinion on the issues raised in this article? If you would like to submit a response of up to 300 words by email to be considered for publication in our letters section, please click here . Continue reading. . .

There is a lot of convenient amnesia about Peter Mandelson’s New Labour days. Let’s jog some memories | George Monbiot
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