US EditionLord Mandelson resigns from Labour Party over Epstein links
Mandelson quit Labour to avoid party embarrassment amid US DOJ documents showing $75,000 in Epstein payments and mounting calls for full investigation and testimony.
- Lord Mandelson has resigned from the Labour Party to avoid causing it "further embarrassment" after documents appeared to show he received $75,000 from Jeffrey Epstein.
- Epstein, when asked if his money was "dirty money", replied "No, it's not" and claimed he earned it and donated money to help try to eradicate polio.
- Pressure is growing on Lord Mandelson and Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor to appear before the US Congress over their links to Epstein, with images appearing to show Andrew on all fours over a woman.
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Dismissed from his post as ambassador to the United States in September, the seven-year-old will leave his seat in the House of Lords on Wednesday 4 February. After Prince Andrew, he is one of the British figures to be caught up in the scandal.
Britain's former ambassador to the US resigned from the Labour party on Monday after it emerged he appeared again in the Epstein documents.
The first details of his connections to the convicted sex offender Epstein already existed in 2025: now British politician Mandelson has quit the Labour Party. The case increases the pressure on Prime Minister Starmer. By F. Hopfen.[more]]>
Epstein files: Starmer calls for Mandelson to be removed from House of Lords
He was nicknamed the “Prince of Darkness” for his reputation as a ruthless, behind-the-scenes fixer for New Labour. Now, Lord Mandelson has resigned from the party to save it “further embarrassment” after new revelations in the Epstein files. This afternoon the government said it would support legislation to strip him of his peerage. Some MPs are also calling for police to investigate, after emails suggested he passed sensitive state information…
Former Ambassador Drops Party as Epstein Scandal Widens
Former UK Ambassador to the U.S. Peter Mandelson announced that he has resigned from the Labour Party amid deepening ties to Jeffrey Epstein. In a letter to Labour Party General Secretary Hollie Ridley and obtained by the BBC, Mandelson wrote, “I have been further linked this weekend to the understandable furore surrounding Jeffrey Epstein and I feel regretful and sorry about this.” “Allegations which I believe to be false that he made financial…
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