Embattled British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Friday it was “unforgivable” and “unacceptable” he was not told that Peter Mandelson, his pick for envoy to Washington, had failed security vetting.
“I was not told that he had failed security vetting. No minister was told that he’d failed security vetting… that is completely unacceptable,” he said during an unrelated visit to Paris.
“I’m absolutely furious about that,” Starmer added, as the months-long scandal around his 2024 decision to appoint Labour grandee Mandelson to the role despite his ties to late US sex offender Jeffrey Epstein threatens to force the UK leader from power.
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