More Mandelson files released in UK bring bad news for Starmer, but many questions remain unanswered

Among the documents is a note from Mandelson to then foreign secretary David Lammy in November 2024, before his appointment, pledging that the government would “never regret” giving him the post. Starmer fired Mandelson after nine months when new details emerged about his friendship with Epstein, and fallout from the misjudged appointment has left the prime minister fighting for his job. Alex Burghart, a lawmaker for the opposition Conservative Party, said that the decision to appoint Mandelson “is a failure that will define this prime minister’s premiership. “It is a failure that will be written as his political epitaph,” he…