{"id":278474,"date":"2025-09-15T21:06:29","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T20:06:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/keir-starmer-had-i-known-then-what-i-know-now-id-have-never-appointed-mandelson\/"},"modified":"2025-09-15T21:06:29","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T20:06:29","slug":"keir-starmer-had-i-known-then-what-i-know-now-id-have-never-appointed-mandelson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/keir-starmer-had-i-known-then-what-i-know-now-id-have-never-appointed-mandelson\/","title":{"rendered":"Keir Starmer: &#8216;Had I known then what I know now, I\u2019d have never appointed Mandelson&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/iFLPaZ285yI\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Keir Starmer: 'Had I known then what I know now, I\u2019d have never appointed Mandelson'\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iFLPaZ285yI\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>The UK prime minister has spoken about sacking Peter Mandelson as US ambassador over the envoy\u2019s close friendship with the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein. Amid mounting questions about his political judgment, Starmer was asked why Lord Mandelson was appointed in the first place, given that the Labour peer\u2019s friendship with Epstein had long been public knowledge<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The UK prime minister has spoken about sacking Peter Mandelson as US ambassador over the envoy\u2019s close friendship with the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein. 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