UK’s Starmer demands Mandelson’s removal from House of Lords amid new Epstein scandal

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UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer is calling for Peter Mandelson to be removed from the House of Lords following new reports detailing his connections to Jeffrey Epstein. Mandelson, a former UK ambassador to the US and long-time Labour Party figure, resigned from the Labour Party after the release of further documents. These documents, released by the US Justice Department, included a compromising image of Mandelson and revealed that accounts linked to him received $75,000 from Epstein. Opposition politicians are now calling for a full investigation into the matter. Mandelson has apologized for the renewed association with Epstein.

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Newly released documents showed Mandelson pictured in his underwear.

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Mandelson quit the Labour Party after more documents were released.

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Mandelson was fired from his envoy role last year after previous revelations about his connections to Epstein.

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Keir Starmer called for Peter Mandelson to be removed from the House of Lords.

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Accounts connected to Mandelson had received US$75,000 from Epstein.

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UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer called on Monday for Britain’s former ambassador to the US, Peter Mandelson, to be ‍removed from parliament’s upper chamber after new reports emerged of his ties with the late US sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.Mandelson, a prominent figure in Starmer’s Labour Party for decades, was fired from his envoy role last year after previous revelations about his connections to Epstein.Late on Sunday, the former minister under Labour’s 1997-2007 prime minister Tony Blair quit the centre-left party after more documents ⁠were released, saying he did not wish to cause “further embarrassment”.The newly released documents from the US Justice Department showed Mandelson pictured in his underwear, an image that circulated widely in British media on Monday.The Financial Times said the files also showed that accounts connected to Mandelson had received US$75,000 from Epstein, prompting opposition politicians to call for a full investigation.Peter Mandelson apologised in a letter to the Labour Party for being linked again to Jeffrey Epstein. Photo: AP‘Understandable furore’, Mandeslon says

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