"A senior Labour MP has said "red flags were missed or ignored" before Peter Mandelson's appointment as the UK's ambassador to the US, in an emergency debate about his sacking. Dame Emily Thornberry, chairwoman of the Foreign Affairs Committee, said "something went very wrong" given Lord Mandelson's known links to convicted sex offender Jeffery Epstein. Lord Mandelson was sacked last week after the publication of emails that showed the Labour peer had sent supportive messages to Epstein as he faced jail in 2008."
"In the debate, the appointment was widely criticised by MPs, including Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch, who accused Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer of "hiding from questions". Badenoch said the prime minister had "shrivelled" from leadership and called on him to apologise to Epstein's victims. On Monday, Sir Keir said he would "never" have appointed Lord Mandelson if he had known the full details of his relationship with Epstein."
Peter Mandelson was appointed the UK's ambassador to the US and later sacked after emails were published showing the Labour peer sent supportive messages to convicted sex offender Jeffery Epstein as he faced jail in 2008. Dame Emily Thornberry said red flags were missed or ignored and that something went very wrong given Mandelson's known links to Epstein. MPs across parties criticised the appointment, including Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch, who accused Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer of hiding from questions and called on him to apologise to Epstein's victims. Sir Keir said he would never have appointed Mandelson if he had known the full details and sacked him after reviewing the email cache published by Bloomberg.
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