British PM urged to resign over Mandelson security scandal
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is under intense pressure to resign over his decision to appoint Peter Mandelson as the United Kingdom’s ambassador to the United States after it emerged that Mandelson had failed a key security vetting. Public anger has grown in recent months following revelations that Mandelson’s 2024 nomination went ahead despite longstanding concerns about his close links to late US sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Mandelson, a veteran Labour figure who has held several ministerial positions since the late 1990s, has faced multiple scandals throughout his political career. The government has tried to shift blame onto foreign ministry officials, insisting that neither Starmer nor his foreign secretary knew about the failed vetting until this week. According to senior minister Darren Jones, the top civil servant at the foreign ministry, Olly Robbins, has now resigned after Starmer lost confidence […]