Tories demand answers in letter to Starmer
The conservative party requested answers on the knowledge of Lord Mandelson’s connections with Pedophil Jeffrey Epstein.
Tories also asked the Prime Minister to publish documents about the appointment of Mandelson, including evidence showing how no 10 reacts when they learn their ties with Epstein.
On Sunday, the BBC reported that Starmer asked Mandelson about pedophile connections before deciding to appoint as the US ambassador.
Mandelson was dismissed last week after a E -Post Caccassed by Bloomberg showed supportive messages after Epstein was found guilty of sex crimes.
In his letter to the Prime Minister, Tor Deputy Alex Burghart questioned Sir Keir’s friendship with Mandelson with Epstein before defending the old ambassador last Wednesday.
The authority added that the scandal was exposed to the Prime Minister’s “terrible judiciary”.
“He ignored the warnings about Peter Mandelson’s relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, forced with his appointment, and avoids examination of what he knows,” Burghart said.
The Conservative MPs also asked the “Mandelson -EPstein Files” – the government correspondence and internal documents – and Sir Keir and General Manager Morgan Morgan asked the parliament to give proof to parliament.
Downing Street stressed that the Prime Minister only knew the content of E -mails last Wednesday evening and moves quickly to expel Mandelson for hours.
This scandal, shortly after Angela Rayner’s resignation, encouraged some labor deputies to be more vocal in their criticism of the Prime Minister.
BBC Radio 4’un Westminster Hour on Sunday, speaking workers’ deputy Helen Hayes, the scandal in May will affect the chance of the party in the next year’s local elections, Starmer’s leadership will be questions about the leadership, he said.
“If these elections do not go well, then it will be time to ask questions … There will be questions about the nature of leadership and whether it can continue as they are, but now we are not at that point,” he said.
Hayes said he felt “ruined” about Mandelson, but believed that he shouldn’t be appointed.
“I think there is a question about how it is open [Mandelson] It was in the original veterinary process. If it was not clear about this association, it should be addressed and the ability to speak as a flow of labor should be taken from it. “
Mandelson regretted his relationship with Epstein, who died in prison in 2019.
At the weekend, the conservative leader Kemi Badenoch accused the prime minister of lying to the public and said that there was “very serious questions to answer”.
