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Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper says that Lord Mandelson should "never have been appointed as the ambassador to the United States".

"There's been a lot of transparency now" because of the file release, Cooper says, but adds that "the whole government is getting on with the most important issues that affect our country".
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00:00You know what I would say is Peter Mandelson should never have been appointed as the ambassador to the United
00:06States.
00:07And look, of course, there's been a lot of transparency now about messages being released.
00:13That's always an unedifying process, but right to be transparent.
00:17But we mustn't forget two things.
00:19First is that in the end, this whole thing started about Epstein's abuse of young women and girls.
00:26And sometimes the conversation gets a long way away from that.
00:30And secondly, I think the whole government is getting on with the most important issues that affect our country.
00:36And that's exactly why I'm here in China having these important discussions about international security.
00:41I will not say.
00:42I will not say.
00:42I will not say.
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