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I made 'serious mistake' advising Starmer to appoint Mandelson, PM's ex-top adviser McSweeney says
Morgan McSweeney, former chief of staff to UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, told the Foreign Affairs Committee he made a 'serious mistake' recommending Lord Mandelson as UK ambassador to the US, citing new revelations about Mandelson's undisclosed close friendship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Lord Mandelson was sacked from the post in September 2025, and Starmer faces a parliamentary vote on an investigation into whether he misled the House of Commons about the vetting process.
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I made 'serious mistake' advising Starmer to appoint Mandelson, PM's ex-top adviser McSweeney says
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