Mandelson red flags were missed or ignored, senior Labour MP says
A senior workers’ deputy, before the appointment of Peter Mandelson as the US Ambassador of the United States, in an emergency debate about the dismissal “Red flags were kidnapped or ignored,” he said.
Dame Emily Thornberry, President of the Foreign Affairs Committee, said, “Gone very wrong,” Lord Mandelson’s convicted sex criminal Jeffery Epstein was given.
Lord Mandelson was dismissed last week after the publication of the workers’ peers sent supportive messages to Epstein when he was imprisoned in 2008.
In the discussion, the appointment was widely criticized by MPs, including the conservative leader Kemi Badenoch, who accused Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer of “hiding from questions”.
Badenoch said that the Prime Minister “shrinks” from leadership and called him to apologize to Epstein’s victims.
On Monday, Sir Keir said that if he knew all the details of his relationship with Epstein, Lord Mandelson would never be able to “never”.
The Prime Minister dismissed Lord Mandelson after examining a E -Post Cache between the Stream of Workers and Epstein.
After expressing his confidence in Lord Mandelson in Parliament, E -Posts were published by Bloomberg, and the Prime Minister insisted that he did not know what happened in the messages.
The Conservative Deputy David Davis, who said that the prime minister’s stance was “decreasing” with the appointment of Lord Mandelson, was requested an emergency discussion.
Speaking in the discussion, Dame Emily said that Lord Mandelson asked the government questions about the veterinarian and received answers from Foreign Minister Yette Cooper.
In a letter, Cooper claimed that his department was not responsible for recognizing the risks of Lord Mandelson’s appointment.
The Minister said that no concern about Lord Mandelson was increased with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said it was not required to contribute to this process.
His comments are throwing a spotlight to the cabinet office and Sir Keir for his roles to decide whether Lord Mandelson is an appropriate candidate.
“Frankly we all think [the appointment] It was a mistake, Dame Dame Emily said to MPs.
“The question is, how did this mistake come true? And how do we make sure that this kind of thing is going to be wrong again.
“When Lord Mandelson was appointed, the red flags were clearly kidnapped or ignored.”
The debate is in front of a state visit to the UK by US President Donald Trump, who is expected to come to the country on Tuesday evening.
