{"id":325232,"date":"2026-03-11T18:00:21","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T18:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/mandelson-files-released-will-they-ruin-starmer\/"},"modified":"2026-03-11T18:00:21","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T18:00:21","slug":"mandelson-files-released-will-they-ruin-starmer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/mandelson-files-released-will-they-ruin-starmer\/","title":{"rendered":"Mandelson files released: Will they ruin Starmer?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/6QiCJPdywno\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Mandelson files released: Will they ruin Starmer?\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6QiCJPdywno\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>The Mandelson files are out &#8211; and they raise serious questions.<\/p>\n<p>The new documents show Starmer was warned of a \u201cgeneral reputational risk\u201d linked to Peter Mandelson\u2019s relationship with Epstein before Mandelson\u2019s appointment as US Ambassador.<\/p>\n<p>In this episode of Talking Politics, Robert and Tom unpack the key revelations, ask whether Starmer can recover politically, and explore why Mandelson asked for a \u00a3500,000 payout after he was sacked<\/p>\n<p>And Robert reveals why reading the files made him feel like his head was exploding&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Subscribe to ITV News on YouTube: http:\/\/bit.ly\/2lOHmNj<br \/>\n\u2022 Get breaking news and more stories at http:\/\/www.itv.com\/news<\/p>\n<p>Follow ITV News on TikTok https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@itvnews?lang=en<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/itvnews\/<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Facebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/itvnews\/<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on X: https:\/\/twitter.com\/itvnews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Mandelson files are out &#8211; and they raise serious questions. The new documents show Starmer was warned of a \u201cgeneral reputational risk\u201d linked to Peter Mandelson\u2019s relationship with Epstein before Mandelson\u2019s appointment as US Ambassador. In this episode of Talking Politics, Robert and Tom unpack the key revelations, ask whether Starmer can recover politically, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":325233,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[128812],"tags":[138987,135915,129501],"actors":[],"class_list":["post-325232","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-itv-news","tag-files","tag-mandelson","tag-they"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Mandelson files released: Will they ruin Starmer? | News ISC Videos<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Watch Mandelson files released: Will they ruin Starmer? for free, here on News ISC. 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