The founder of Blue Labour told Times Radio: “Peter Mandelson, also with Alistair Campbell, they were the masters of spin. Advertisement• Read in full: Starmer has a Peter Mandelson problemEx-foreign secretary: Starmer ignored Mandelson warningsA former Conservative foreign secretary has said the appointment and sacking of Mandelson “is even worse than it first appears”. It’s shameful that Peter Mandelson didn’t resign in the national interest and in the interest of the government, but he’s not that sort of person. “In particular Peter Mandelson’s suggestion that Jeffrey Epstein’s first conviction was wrongful and should be challenged is new information. Leaked emails showed that Mandelson told Epstein in 2008 that he should “fight for early release” as he was awaiting sentence for a child sex offence.
