Quiet air of desperation on government benches as Peter Mandelson’s links with Jeffrey Epstein consume the Commons
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ometimes the obvious question is the killer question. The one on the minds of practically every person in the country. No need for anything tricksy. No try-hard rhetorical flourishes. Just keep it simple. Play it straight.
And in an unusually unshouty prime minister’s questions – always a sign that MPs realise there is something important at stake – Kemi Badenoch did just that. Told it as it was. Channelled the nation’s anger.
She focused on just one fact: that Keir Starmer, the intelligence services and just about everyone else knew that Peter Mandelson was still mates with Jeffrey Epstein long after the financier had been convicted of child prostitution.
