They don't. Not in politics. For me, and this is the bit both delighting and twisting my sad old crust up over this, is that Mandleson is damaged goods. Not Ambassadorial material in the slightest. And especially not for the US and in light of a Trump Presidency. And yet they do this. This is not poor judgement. This is a very deliberate and specific decision that can only be designed to send one big f*** off message. Trump is primarily feared by Globalists because of the tariffs he is threatening.
In my opinion, Mandleson is the Globalists Ambassador to the US. f*** all to do with the UK and even less to do with Starmer and co. You want proof that Starmer is nothing more than a severely compromised figure-head, who the plug can be pulled on at any time if he dares try to not toe the line, then this is it.
Now if people want to throw accusations of donning the silver-foil hat at me then as per usual, I will happily swallow that.
But none of that makes me wrong.
Nothing at this level of politics just happens without massive background context.
