"Morgan McSweeney said he took responsibility for advising Starmer to appoint Mandelson, 72, to Britain's most important diplomatic post in 2024. "The decision to appoint Peter Mandelson was wrong. He has damaged our party, our country and trust in politics itself," McSweeney said in a statement. "When asked, I advised the Prime Minister to make that appointment and I take full responsibility for that advice.""
"Starmer is facing a political storm and questions about his judgement after newly published documents, part of a huge trove of Epstein files made public in the United States, suggested that Mandelson sent market-sensitive information to the convicted sex offender when he was the U.K. government's business secretary during the 2008 financial crisis. Starmer's government has promised to release its own emails and other documentation related to Mandelson's appointment, which it says will show that Mandelson misled officials."
Keir Starmer's chief of staff, Morgan McSweeney, resigned after admitting responsibility for advising the appointment of Peter Mandelson as U.K. ambassador to the U.S. McSweeney said the appointment was wrong and had damaged the party, the country and trust in politics. Newly published documents from a trove of Epstein files suggest Mandelson passed market-sensitive information to Jeffrey Epstein while serving as business secretary during the 2008 financial crisis. The government has promised to release emails and documentation it says will show Mandelson misled officials. Metropolitan Police searched properties linked to Mandelson; he has not been charged.
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