Can Lord Mandelson cling on as Our Man in Washington? That is the question all of Westminster is asking this morning. The British ambassador to the United states did a grovelling interview with the Sun ‘s Harry Cole today in which he admitted that he had continued his association with the paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein ‘far longer than I should have done.’ It comes after a congressional investigation discovered that the Labour peer had referred to Epstein as his ‘best pal’ in a birthday message he wrote for the convicted sex offender in 2003.

What did Mandy tell Starmer about his relationship with Epstein before being appointed Ambassador?

Mandelson told Cole there are further email exchanges between himself and Epstein that ‘we know are going to surface’. He said that: ‘We know

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