Starmer: I'd never have appointed Mandelson with new details

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Sir Keir Starmer says he would never have appointed Lord Mandelson as U.S. ambassador had he known the extent of his relationship with convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein and the emails exchanged between them. Report by Brooksl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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00:00I knew of his association with Epstein, but had I known then what I know now, I'd have

00:09never appointed him. Because what emerged last week were emails, Bloomberg emails, which

00:16showed that the nature and extent of the relationship that Peter Mandelson had with Epstein was

00:23far different to what I had understood to be the position when I appointed him. On top

00:30of that, what the email showed was he was not only questioning, but wanting to challenge

00:38the conviction of Epstein at the time. That, for me, went and cut across the whole approach

00:45that I've taken on violence against women and girls for many years and this government's

00:49approach. On top of that, what emerged last week, on Wednesday evening late, were Peter

00:57Mandelson's responses to questions that had been put to him by government officials. I

01:05looked at those responses and I did not find them at all satisfied.

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