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Mandelson’s Epstein link could end Starmer (with Zack Polanski)
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September 10, 2025
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11:52Now PlayingIn a clip from today's live PMQs watch-along, Ava, Ed, and Green Party leader Zack Polanski react to Kemi Badenoch’s attack on Keir Starmer over his appointment of Peter Mandelson as Britain’s Ambassador to the US. The row comes after revelations that Mandelson had direct dealings with Jeffrey Epstein, even brokering a deal with the disgraced financier after his conviction.
Badenoch questions Starmer’s judgment, and Zack takes it further, challenging Starmer’s integrity and suggesting that the Labour leader surrounds himself with figures like Mandelson not for the country’s benefit, but for his own political survival.
The discussion widens to the reshuffle of Starmer’s cabinet, the sacking of senior women MPs, and whether Mandelson’s continued influence signals a Labour Party that is more interested in protecting its own power than serving the public. For Polanski, Mandelson’s enduring role in Westminster represents everything wrong with the political establishment: recycled politicians, toxic loyalties, and a failure to confront scandals with transparency.
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