Starmer takes responsibility for Mandelson – but did he lie to Parliament? | The Daily T Podcast

It’s the day after the release of the Mandelson files and now attention is turning to what isn’t in the documents. Crucially, we don’t know how the Prime Minister responded once he was presented with clear evidence that the Labour peer had a close friendship with Jeffrey Epstein.

Meanwhile, we’ve learned just how vociferously Keir Starmer was warned against appointing Mandelson by Jonathan Powell, his national security adviser, and others.

Sir Keir has insisted to Parliament that due process was followed at all times. But Tim and Camilla ask: do the revelations contained in these files make a mockery of that claim? They also discuss suggestions that the Foreign Office could have breached the ministerial code by handing Mandelson a £75,000 payout.

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