Starmer quizzed about ‘close political ally’ Lord Mandelson’s connection to Jeffrey Epstein
JP Morgan report which suggested that Peter manderson had stayed at the uh New York townhouse of Jeffrey Epstein in 2009 when he was de facto Deputy Prime Minister and while the finance year was imprisoned for soliciting prosecution from a miner do you think that Lord mandon who is of course a close
Political Ally of yours has some questions to answer on Peter mandon look in and I do try to give pretty full answers in these sessions I don’t know any more than you do um and therefore um there’s not really much I can add to um what you already
Know I’m afraid and um you know that’s um simply the state of the uh affairs
Keir Starmer was asked about reports that his close political ally, Lord Mandelson, may have had connections to Jeffrey Epstein.
A reporter asked Mr Starmer the question at an event which launched Labour’s general election campaign on Thursday 4 January.
The reporter referenced a 2023 report by JP Morgan which alleged that Lord Mandelson visited Jeffrey Epstein’s New York City home in 2009 whilst in Gordon Brown’s government.
Starmer stressed that he did not know any more than the reporter and said that he did not have much to add.
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9 comments
Should be asked at every interview until he answers
Tony Blair, and Peter Mandelson were all in Epsteins black book as was Michael Heseltine – the black book is available online as is the flight log on internet archive
God this news ia so fake. Yet trump's nams comess up in documents and what do u say… nothing….REAL that is. Trump's name did come up. But in affirm NO HE DID NOT stay and we know he banned Epstein from all his places. Try another one. Like this one!! Obviously everyone knew about Epstein but if mandelson was allowed to stay at a peadophiles house as shelter is now offerin that service to homeless people?!?! Then the picture of bill Clinton doesn't come up in any time he talks on TV or to his constitutional people he should of been like wtf. As is prince Andrews dolls. We know about his special own lookin doll. When this adds to his maids always said he had a number of child lookin dolls which has to be in right order. Come on if you can't see it u don't deserve to be paid to see things tbe public needs to know as they work,pay tax, operate a civilization for and ran by these people. If I was to go out my door and shoot the first person I saw. Then myself. Even that wudnt tip gods scales to evil a percent as much as these lot. Disgusting.
That was such a non answer – that are serious questions that need to be answered; Mandelson needs to be scrutinised…. He wasn't even elected?
If it's not ok for Dominic Cummins to behave like a prat without scrutiny, then Keirs advisors need the same treatment
He doesn't know any more than we do? Well, he bloody well should have found out, before he brought that reprobate Mandelson back into the fold.
lying b……d
You mean Sirkeir; You don't WANT to know any more than they do. How like a barrister
Slimey answer. Didn't answer the question.He's a snake.
Labour banned Jamie Driscoll, socialist Mayor of North of Tyne, from standing again – because he shared a platform with Ken Loach at a film festival.
Mandelson accepted hospitality from an accused paedophile – and he still advises Starmer.