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One could easily ask: Why the fuss about the Epstein files and the calls for UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer to resign for his appointment of the colorful politician Peter Mandelson as UK ambassador to the US, despite his clear links to the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein?
Is it a storm in a teacup stirred up by the opposition parties, mainly the Conservatives and Reform UK? Or is it a clear failure by Starmer and his team, who prided themselves on running for office on tight parameters surrounding integrity in politics? Or has it been stirred by the left wing of the Labour Party? Or is it an excuse for attempting to depose Starmer for his poor performance as prime minister, 18 months since he took office. He has been accused of treading too carefully and not being radical enough on many complex files and in his efforts to reboot the broken Britain he inherited.
The saga of late US sex offender Epstein, who is accused of the sex trafficking of underage girls to a wide-ranging elite, has been delivering tornado-like storms, upending politics in various parts of the world — and Britain is no exception. The choice of Mandelson to be ambassador to the US, while knowing that he was a friend of the convicted sex abuser, was an error of judgment and two of Starmer’s closest aides this week stepped aside for advising the PM to appoint him.
