Starmer has refused repeatedly to say if he knew about the close relationship between Mandelson and Epstein. Asked repeatedly by Badenoch at PMQs, the PM said:
“As she and the House would expect, full due process was followed during this appointment. As it is with all ambassadors, the ambassador has repeatedly expressed his deep regret. He is right to do so.”
Starmer repeated this line numerous times as Kemi homed in:
“The PM cannot answer any questions. That is not the behavior of someone who has full confidence. The ambassador should be in the White House talking about how we respond to an incursion into NATO airspace. Instead, he is giving interviews about himself to the son. This is a man who already had to be removed from cabinet twice. And now we learned that he was brokering billion pound deals with Jeffrey Epstein while business secretary. I didn’t get a proper answer. He’s talking about process. This is not about process. This is about judgment.”
Disasterclass from Starmer…