"Starmer is engulfed in a cataclysmic scandal entirely of his own making, involving the close ties between Peter Mandelson, a longtime Labour power broker and Starmer's handpicked former ambassador to the United States, and pedophile Jeffrey Epstein. And, in the manner of a desperate traitor on the verge of banishment, Starmer has sought to save himself by playing the part of an aggrieved faithful, insisting that Mandelson had lied to him about the depth of his relationship with Epstein."
""[Peter] Mandelson betrayed our country, our Parliament and my party," he declared last week. "If I knew then what I know now, he would never have been anywhere near government." When first announcing Mandelson's appointment to the prized diplomatic post, Starmer piled on the superlatives. "Peter will bring unrivalled experience to the role and take our partnership from strength to strength," he crowed."
In 1964 Tom Nairn identified corrupt, half-hearted, mediocre leadership as a defining feature of the British Labour Party, noting an unusually high number of 'traitors.' Sixty-two years later Keir Starmer faces a cataclysmic scandal tied to his appointment of Peter Mandelson, who maintained close ties to Jeffrey Epstein. Starmer initially praised Mandelson but now accuses him of betrayal, saying Mandelson lied about the depth of his relationship with Epstein. Mandelson was forced out after Justice Department files revealed private comments and publicly known links; newly released Epstein files provided further confirmation of those ties.
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