Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.Jump to contentThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged inAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleA rerun episode of ITV's The Chase aired a question about Peter Mandelson, which viewers found to be unfortunately timed. The question, from an October 2015 episode, concerned a quote about the Labour party "learning to love Mandelson". The rerun coincided with recent revelations from the U.S. Department of Justice files regarding Mandelson. These files allege that Mandelson leaked sensitive government information to Epstein while he was business secretary in Gordon Brown's government. The allegations led to Mandelson's resignation from both the Labour party and the House of Lords. In fullAwkward Peter Mandelson question appears on ‘unfortunately timed’ rerun episode of The ChaseThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in

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The Chase viewers noticed an “unfortunate” question about Peter Mandelson during a rerun episode of the ITV quiz show. An October 2015 episode of the show, which was aired again…

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The Chase viewers noticed an “unfortunate” question about Peter Mandelson during a rerun episode of the ITV quiz show. The October 2015 episode, shown again on Challenge TV on 5…