Peter Mandelson

In the 90s, when Tony Blair became leader, people associated me with, you know, campaign glitz, razzmatazz, and the occasional deployment of media dark arts.

And our satirical magazine in Britain, Private Eye, then dubbed me the Prince of Darkness.

That I wasn't told that Peter Mandelson had failed security vetting when he's appointed is staggering.

That I wasn't told that it failed security vetting when I was telling Parliament that due process had been followed is unforgivable.

Not only was I not told, no minister was told.

And I'm absolutely furious about that.

And they believe we are going to build on it because the Tories have just told them.

Big breaking news in Westminster today.

Peter Mandelson failed his security vetting, but the decision was overruled by the Foreign Office, headed by David Lammy at the time, so that Peter could take up the post of US ambassador.

The day the Latino, African American, Asian, and other communities realize that they share the same oppressor is the day we start winning because we are the majority in this country now.

We have the ability to take over this country and to do what is needed for everyone.

The victims of Epstein have lived with trauma that most of us can barely comprehend.

For them, I want to say this.

I am sorry.

Well, as I've said a number of times, I regret the decision to appoint Mandelson as ambassador.

He was asked questions about the nature and extent of his relationship with Epstein,

And he told lies.

While it's had the most calamitous consequences for me, the crux of this is not me.

The crux of this is not the friendship I had 25 years ago with Jeffrey Epstein.

The crux of this is that so many hundreds of young women were completely trapped, powerless in a system that did not listen to what they had to say.