PRESSURE is mounting on Sir Keir Starmer after he admitted he knew Peter Mandelson stayed friends with paedo Jeffrey Epstein.
Despite this knowledge, the prime minister still decided to .
Keir Starmer is set to release the Mandelson vetting papers amid pressure from the ToriesCredit: Alamy
The Epstein files show Lord Mandelson sitting with paedophile financier in a white dressing gownCredit: Pixel8000
Keir Starmer faced a grilling over his choice to appoint Mandelson at PMQs todayCredit: PA
The PM between Mandelson and Epstein.
Starmer was asked: “Did the official security vetting he received mention Mandelson’s ongoing relationship with the paedophile Jeffrey Epstein?”
He responded: “Yes it did. As a result, various questions were put to him.”
Tory leader Kemi Badenoch is today forcing a Commons vote urging No10 to hand over all due diligence carried out before Mandelson’s posting as Ambassador to the US last year.
In a scathing attack on the PM’s judgement, the Tory leader accused the PM of “injecting Mandelson’s poison into heart of government”.
“His catastrophic lack of judgment, telling us that he did know, has harmed the special relationship, it has endangered national security, it has compromised our diplomacy and it has embarrassed our nation.”
At , who “lied throughout the process” of security vetting.
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Sir Keir insisted he didn’t know the ‘scale and the extent’ of the twisted relationship between Mandelson and EpsteinCredit: Getty
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