sayerji.substack.com By Sayer Ji
Most Americans have not been following the scandal that is currently consuming the British government. It is worth a paragraph of background before the real story begins.
In December 2024, Britain’s newly elected Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer, announced that Peter Mandelson — a Labour Party elder, former European Union trade chief, and longtime friend of Jeffrey Epstein — would be the United Kingdom’s next ambassador to the United States. Mandelson had written to Epstein in 2009 calling him “my best pal.” He had stayed at Epstein’s New York residence while Epstein was serving his Florida sentence for soliciting a minor. In September 2025, after further correspondence surfaced, Starmer fired him. In February 2026, British police arrested him on suspicion of misconduct in public office while in government.
Last week, The Guardian revealed that Britain’s own security service had recommended against granting Mandelson the clearance required for the ambassadorship — and that the Foreign Office had overruled the recommendation. The permanent head of the Foreign Office was forced to resign. On Monday, Starmer told the House of Commons he had not been told about the failed vetting, called it “frankly staggering,” and survived the day only narrowly. Sir Olly Robbins, the former Foreign Office chief, testifies before Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee tomorrow morning. Members will ask him who overruled the security service, and when the Prime Minister knew…
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