{"id":276980,"date":"2025-09-10T18:05:39","date_gmt":"2025-09-10T17:05:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/kemi-badenoch-questions-starmer-on-suitability-of-peter-mandelson-for-job-as-us-ambassador\/"},"modified":"2025-09-10T18:05:39","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T17:05:39","slug":"kemi-badenoch-questions-starmer-on-suitability-of-peter-mandelson-for-job-as-us-ambassador","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/kemi-badenoch-questions-starmer-on-suitability-of-peter-mandelson-for-job-as-us-ambassador\/","title":{"rendered":"Kemi Badenoch questions Starmer on suitability of Peter Mandelson for job as US ambassador"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/Xdn1zS1_1m8\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Kemi Badenoch questions Starmer on suitability of Peter Mandelson for job as US ambassador\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Xdn1zS1_1m8\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Keir Starmer has been urged to sack Peter Mandelson as the UK\u2019s US ambassador after more details emerged of his close friendship and business dealings with the financier and child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.<br \/>\nSubscribe to Guardian News on YouTube \u25ba http:\/\/bit.ly\/guardianwiressub<\/p>\n<p>The prime minister was pressed on whether he knew that Mandelson, when business secretary in 2010, had reportedly allowed Epstein to help broker the sale of a UK government-owned business to a US bank, months after the financier had been released from jail in relation to his conviction for procuring a child for prostitution and soliciting a prostitute. He said that &#8216;full due process was gone through&#8217; when Mandelson was appointed, although the ambassador added on Tuesday night that he had not discussed the matter with the prime minister. Starmer backed Mandelson when pressed on the US ambassador\u2019s future by Kemi Badenoch, the Conservative leader, and Ed Davey, the Lib Dem leader, at prime minister\u2019s questions<\/p>\n<p>Starmer urged to sack Mandelson amid Epstein business deal revelations \u25ba https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/politics\/2025\/sep\/10\/starmer-urged-to-sack-mandelson-amid-epstein-business-deal-revelations<\/p>\n<p>UK politics live \u25ba https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/politics\/live\/2025\/sep\/10\/keir-starmer-isaac-herzog-pmqs-labour-kemi-badenoch-uk-politics-live-news-updates<\/p>\n<p>The Guardian publishes independent journalism, made possible by supporters. 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