Mandelson, like Boris Johnson is just a lying machine. He may have been forced to resign twice but there were many many other incidents, widely reported at the time, of his passing acquaintance with the truth. His forced resignations were just the final straw, as opposed to isolated incidents.All the talk seems to be about Labour 'angry' about Mandleson and this Epstein stuff. Like it has come as a surprise. It is quite staggering to absorb this. The is a man who had to resign not once but twice from Ministerial posts. And was photographed numerous times in Epsteins company. And what do Labour do? They make him a Lord so they can bring him back in Goverment and then they make him Ambassador to the US. WTF? And yet now they proclaim to be angry because it turns out (and who would have thought it?) that Mandleson is a full on wrong'un. Who knew?
At the time, he had the support of Blair and Campbell, which is how he survived for so long, so I can understand why some in the Labour Party would have kept quiet for fear of them. The big question today is why on earth Starmer thought it a good idea to bring him back? Either it shows an appalling lack of judgement or Mandy knows where the bodies are buried.