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Ghislaine Maxwell Pleads Fifth In Deposition, Holds Out For Trump Pardon

Posted on 09/02/2026 by Boris Clair

WASHINGTON — Jeffery Epstein’s former accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell sat for a video deposition with members of Congress on Monday but refused to talk.

Appearing from the prison camp where she’s serving a 20-year sentence, Maxwell invoked her Fifth Amendment right not to incriminate herself — and indicated she would only speak if President Donald Trump lets her out of prison.

“Ms Maxwell is prepared to speak fully and honestly if granted clemency by President Trump,” Maxwell’s attorney, David Markus, said in an opening statement he posted on social media.

Democrats expressed outrage that Maxwell appeared to be advertising favorable testimony in exchange for a pardon or commutation of her prison sentence. Trump has suggested he’s open to the idea.

“She is campaigning over and over again to get that pardon from President Trump, and this president has not ruled it out, and so that is why she’s continuing to not cooperate with our investigation,” Representative Suhas Subramanyam (D-Va.) told reporters. “The reality is that she is a monster. She should be behind bars.”

Maxwell was sentenced to 240 months in prison in 2022 for helping Epstein recruit, groom and eventually abuse girls as young as 14. When she was first charged in 2020, a year after Epstein died in prison while facing sex trafficking charges, Trump, a former friend of Epstein’s, said he wished her well.

Last year, the Bureau of Prisons transferred Maxwell to a minimum-security prison camp, contrary to protocols for a sex offender, after she sat for a transcribed interview with Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche. In that interview, Maxwell said she never witnessed inappropriate behavior by Trump or by former President Bill Clinton, who also socialized with Epstein and traveled on his private jet.

Bill and Hillary Clinton will sit for depositions with the House Oversight Committee later this month. The committee’s chair, Representative James Comer (R-Ky.), said he was disappointed that Maxwell invoked her Fifth Amendment right not to speak as a witness against herself.

“We had many questions to ask about the crimes she and Epstein committed, as well as questions about potential co-conspirators,” Comer said.

Through her attorney, Maxwell again volunteered that Trump and Clinton did nothing wrong.

“Only she can provide the complete account. Some may not like what they hear, but the truth matters,” Markus said. “For example, both President Trump and President Clinton are innocent of any wrongdoing. Ms. Maxwell alone can explain why, and the public is entitled to that explanation.”

Cabinet Ministers Declare Support For Starmer As PM Fights For Survival

Posted on 09/02/2026 by Boris Clair

Cabinet ministers have pledged their support for Keir Starmer as the prime minister fights for his political survival.

In a clearly co-cordinated operation, a succession of senior government ministers took to social media to make clear they do not want the PM to resign.

It came as Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar was calling on Starmer to quit over the Peter Mandelson scandal engulfing No.10.

The UK’s former ambassador to Washington is facing a police investigation over allegations he passed market sensitive information to the convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein when he was business secretary between 2008 and 2010.

Sarwar said: “The distraction needs to end and the leadership in Downing Street has to change.”

The incendiary move led to speculation that cabinet ministers could resign in order to force the PM out.

But one after another, they posted messages on X making clear they believe he should stay in his post.

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Rebuilding Britain takes time. But thanks to the decisions we’ve made NHS waiting lists are falling. Inflation is falling. Interest rates are falling. The conditions for the economy to grow are there.

With Keir as our Prime Minister we are turning the country around.

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Keir Starmer won a massive mandate 18 months ago, for five years to deliver on Labour’s manifesto that we all stood on.

We should let nothing distract us from our mission to change Britain and we support the Prime Minister in doing that.

— David Lammy (@DavidLammy) February 9, 2026

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Keir led our party to victory and won a mandate for change. Waiting lists are falling, wages are rising, new rights for renters and leaseholders. We need to stay the course and deliver the change this country voted for.

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As someone said to me in the constituency on Friday \"tell your boss to keep going.\"

I did and I hope he does. 🌹

— Pat McFadden (@patmcfaddenmp) February 9, 2026

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As someone said to me in the constituency on Friday “tell your boss to keep going.”

I did and I hope he does. 🌹

— Pat McFadden (@patmcfaddenmp) February 9, 2026

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Now is the time for calm heads and seriousness of purpose. That is why the Prime Minister has my full support.

— Hilary Benn (@hilarybennmp) February 9, 2026

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Keir has earned the right to deliver the change he has promised and do what he cares about – which is to serve the country.

This is not the time for the government to turn inwards on itself. We must focus on delivering the change we promised the country.

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The British public gave Keir a huge mandate only 18 months ago.

They wanted a Labour government. They want us to deliver the change we promised. They expect us to get on with the job.

The PM has my fullest support in leading this government and this country.

— John Healey (@JohnHealey_MP) February 9, 2026

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The British public gave Keir a huge mandate only 18 months ago.

They wanted a Labour government. They want us to deliver the change we promised. They expect us to get on with the job.

The PM has my fullest support in leading this government and this country.

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Later this week, Keir Starmer will lead our delegation to the Munich Security Conference. At this crucial time for the world, we need his leadership not just at home but on the global stage, and we need to keep our focus where it matters, on keeping our country safe.

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I back Keir Starmer as Prime Minister. The economy is growing, let’s focus on delivering for the British people.

— Peter Kyle (@peterkyle) February 9, 2026

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— Heidi Alexander MP (@Heidi_Labour) February 9, 2026

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He won a mandate to serve working people and the country and we must continue to deliver on the progress we’ve already made.

Resorting to infighting now does not serve the country.

— Jonathan Reynolds (@jreynoldsMP) February 9, 2026

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The PM has my full support. Let’s get on with changing the country for the better.

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The PM won a five year mandate from the British people just 18 months ago.

Labour governments don’t come along often. It is a privilege to serve in one and we must not waste a second.

The PM has my full support. Let’s get on with changing the country for the better.

— Shabana Mahmood MP (@ShabanaMahmood) February 9, 2026

Angela Rayner, who was forced to resign as deputy PM last year and is seen as a frontrunner to replace Starmer if he goes, also called on Labour MPs to back him.

I urge all my colleagues to come together, remember our values and put them into practice as a team. The Prime Minister has my full support in leading us to that end. 3/3

— Angela Rayner (@AngelaRayner) February 9, 2026

Another MP who has been mentioned as a potential replacement for Starmer, armed forces minister Al Carns, also backed the PM.

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Starmer’s Premiership Is Hanging By A Thread Over The Mandelson Scandal. How Did We Get Here?

Posted on 06/02/2026 by Boris Clair

Keir Starmer’s premiership is hanging by a thread this weekend as new details about Peter Mandelson’s friendship with the convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein continue to drip into the public consciousness.

When the prime minister sacked Mandelson as the UK’s ambassador to Washington over his Epstein ties in September, he must have hoped the scandal was dealt with. The events of the past week show how wrong he was.

The latest chapter in the saga was triggered by the US Department of Justice publishing more than three million documents on the late sex offender and his connections to the rich and powerful.

The files revealed that Mandelson was even more entwined with the disgraced financier than previously assumed – putting Starmer’s judgement in appointing him to the plum diplomatic role into sharp focus.

Amid mounting anger from the public and his own MPs, the prime minister ended up apologising on Thursday for ever believing Mandelson’s “lies”.

Here’s a breakdown of how we got to this point – and what might happen next.

Who Is Peter Mandelson?

Mandelson has been in Labour circles for decades, often referred to as the “Prince of Darkness” because of his ruthless nature, capacity for scandals and love of political intrigue.

He worked as the director of communications to then-party leader Neil Kinnock in the 1980s before being elected as the Labour MP for Hartlepool in 1992.

A key architect of the New Labour project, he helped Tony Blair win the party leadership in 1994 and ran Labour’s successful general election campaign in 1997.

Blair rewarded Mandelson with the post of minister without portfolio, a roving commission which gave him enormous power over the government machine.

However, the personal frailties – and the attraction to money – which would later bring about his downfall led to his resignation after barely a year when he failed to declare a loan from a cabinet colleague whose business dealings Mandelson’s own department was investigating.

After a year on the backbenches licking his wounds, Blair brought him back into the cabinet as Northern Ireland secretary the following year, at the time a key role as the peace process faltered.

But once again, barely a year later, Mandelson was forced to resign, this time for lying about his role in brokering a British passport for a wealthy donor to the Millennium Dome project.

After famously declaring he was “a fighter, not a quitter” when retaining his Hartlepool seat in 2001, Mandelson stood down as an MP in 2004 to become a European trade commissioner, a post he held until he made another dramatic political comeback in 2008.

Gordon Brown, who had succeeded Blair the previous year, stunned Westminster by making Mandelson – his New Labour nemesis – a life peer and appointing him business secretary and de facto deputy prime minister.

He finally left frontline politics, apparently for good, when Labour lost the 2010 general election.

Ex-Prime Minister and Labour Party leader, Gordon Brown, right, and then-Business Secretary Peter Mandelson react as they speak to the media about economy in a press conference in London, Monday, April 19, 2010.

How Did Mandelson Come Back Into Government?

Despite his complete lack of diplomatic experience, Mandelson was appointed the UK’s ambassador to Washington a year ago.

He quickly established a rapport with President Donald Trump and was a key figure in negotiations on a UK/US trade deal and technology partnership.

Mandelson also helped to smooth over American concerns around the UK government’s decision to hand sovereignty over the strategically-important Chagos Islands to Mauritius.

His return to the heart of British politics was seen as a reward for his years of behind-the-scenes work with Morgan McSweeney – now Starmer’s chief of staff – to help return Labour to government.

McSweeney is known to have pushed the PM to give Mandelson the ambassador’s role, a judgement call which has intensified calls from Labour MPs for him to be sacked.

What Was Mandelson’s Relationship To Epstein?

The nature of their friendship has come out in drips and drabs over the years. Here’s a breakdown of what is currently public knowledge – and when it was first revealed.

June 2023

A Financial Times report from June 2023 unveiled how an internal JP Morgan report, dating back to 2019, noted Epstein’s “particularly close relationship with Prince Andrew the Duke of York and Lord Peter Mandelson, a senior member of the British government”.

The report was commissioned to shed light on JPMorgan’s 15-year relationship with Epstein and refers to a range of meetings between the disgraced financier and Mandelson.

The dossier also found Mandelson had stayed at Epstein’s lavish townhouse in Manhatten when he was the UK’s business secretary while the convicted criminal was in prison for soliciting underage sex from a minor.

In this image provided by the New York State Sex Offender Registry, Jeffrey Epstein has his photo taken March 28, 2017.

February 2025

Mandelson was appointed as US ambassador in February last year, after going through routine due diligence and security vetting.

When asked about his Epstein connection by the Financial Times’ George Parker during an extensive interview, the former Labour cabinet minister said: “I regret ever meeting him or being introduced to him by his partner Ghislaine Maxwell.”

Maxwell is currently in prison for recruiting and trafficking underaged girls for the financier.

Mandelson added: “I regret even more the hurt he caused to many young women.”

However, according to the FT report, “an icy chill” then descended during their conversation on the train, and Mandelson added: “I’m not going to go into this. It’s an FT obsession and frankly you can all fuck off. OK?”

When later asked about Mandelson’s language, the prime minister’s spokesperson told reporters: “The prime minister has made clear the expertise and the experience Lord Mandelson has in relation to becoming ambassador to the US.”

September 2025

The seeds of Mandelson’s political demise were sown last autumn, when US lawmakers released a tranche of documemts relating to Epstein.

They included a “birthday book” which contained a message from Mandelson in which he described Epstein as his “best pal”.

But it was a further revelation, that Mandelson told Epstein in an email that “your friends stay with you and love you” even as he was facing child underage sex charges in 2008, that proved to be the final straw.

Despite telling MPs that he had “confidence” in his ambassador, Starmer eventually sacked Mandelson, just seven months after appointing him.

“The emails show that the depth and extent of Peter Mandelson’s relationship with Jeffrey Epstein is materially different from that known at the time of his appointment,” the Foreign Office said.

President Donald Trump, left and former UK ambassador to the United States Peter Mandelson, in the Oval Office.

January 2026

Despite being sacked in disgrace, Mandelson appeared poised to make another remarkable comeback thanks to a series of high-profile media appearances at the start of this year.

They included an interview on Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg, the BBC’s flagship political programme.

However, he caused outrage when he failed to apologise to Epstein’s victims, saying only that he was sorry “for a system” which did not listen to victims’ voices.

“That system gave him protection but not them,” he said. “If I had not known, or if I was in any way complicit or culpable, of course I would apologise for it.”

After an angry backlash, Mandelson rowed back the following day, saying: “I did not want to be held responsible for his [Epstein’s] crimes of which I was ignorant, not indifferent, because of the lies he told me and so many others.

“I was wrong to believe him following his conviction and to continue my association with him afterwards. I apologise unequivocally for doing so to the women and girls who suffered.”

February 2026

A new tranche of documents from the US’s Department of Justice (DoJ) came out at the start of February and finally sealed Mandelson’s fate.

They appeared to show he had accepted $75,000 from the disgraced financier between 2003 and 2004, though Mandelson has said he has no recollection of receiving those payments and did not know if the documents were genuine.

But amid mounting public anger, he announced he was quitting the Labour Party to avoid “further embarrassment” last Sunday.

The scandal has only intensified since then, with Mandelson now facing a criminal investigation over allegations he passed market sensitive information to Epstein when he was business secretary and the government was dealing with the aftermath of the global financial crash.

Responding to the revelations, Starmer said Mandelson had “betrayed” Britain.

Other emails show Mandelson and Epstein sharing crude jokes when the latter was released from prison – an occasion described as “Liberation Day” by the peer.

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Mandelson asked Epstein how they should celebrate

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Lord Mandelson described Jeffrey Epstein’s release after he served his sentence for child sex offences as ‘Liberation Day!’

Mandelson asked Epstein how they should celebrate

Epstein responded with a crude joke about two strippers: ‘With grace and modesty (these are the names of… pic.twitter.com/i4WuDmP5ZK

— Steven Swinford (@Steven_Swinford) February 4, 2026

How Has Mandelson Responded?

Mandelson announced last Tuesday that he was quitting the House of Lords, although it will require a special law to be passed to formally remove his title.

In a self-pitying interview with The Times carried out before the latest revelations, he tried to portray himself as a victim over his sacking as US ambassador.

“It was like a 5.30am drive-by shooting,” he said. “I was at the edge of something. Suddenly, I was put at the centre of it — as a result of historical emails of which I have no memory and no record.”

Suggesting he still had a contribution to make to British politics, he said: “Hiding under a rock would be a disproportionate response to a handful of misguided historical emails, which I deeply regret sending.

“If it hadn’t been for the emails, I’d still be in Washington. Emails sent all those years ago didn’t change the relationship that I had with this monster.

“I feel the same about the recent download of Epstein files, none of which indicate wrongdoing or misdemeanour on my part.”

What Happens Next?

After a Labour rebellion, the government has agreed to publish all documents relating Mandelson’s appointment as ambassador.

It’s thought there could be close to 100,000 government files related to the former Labour peer.

The police inquiry into Mandelson is also likely to continue for months, if not years, drawing out the political pain for Starmer and his government.

Scotland Yard confirmed on Friday they are searching two properties in their investigation, but Mandelson has not been “arrested and enquiries are ongoing”.

What Does This Mean For Starmer?

Questions about Starmer’s judgment – which was already in doubt after a slew of government U-turns – have only intensified over the Mandelson scandal.

While the PM says he was lied to by Mandelson, his critics say the warning signs were already there long before the decision was taken to send him to Washington.

Harriet Harman, for the former Labour deputy leader and a party loyalist, told the Electoral Dysfunction podcast: “He’s got to stop blaming Mandelson and saying ‘he lied to me’ because actually he should never have been considering him in the first place.

“And to say ‘he lied to me’ makes it look weak and naive and gullible. So it’s just completely the wrong thing.”

She added: “If he doesn’t take the path which is necessary, yes, this will finish him off and that will be a tragedy for the government, a tragedy for the country and tragedy for Keir Starmer.”

Mutinous Labour MPs believe Morgan McSweeney’s sacking is a necessary first step in repairing the huge political damage caused by the Mandelson scandal.

However, questions about Starmer’s own future continue to swirl, and are only likely to intensify in the days ahead.

One MP told HuffPost UK: “Taking refuge in constituency stuff this weekend seems appealing.

“But trying to pretend it’s all a bad dream for a few days won’t work, as constituents will be taking the chance to make very clear how they feel about Starmer and Mandelson and that’ll end up feeding into things back in parliament next week.”

While his rivals sharpen their knives, Starmer tried to win back public favour by issuing a frank apology on Thursday, telling Epstein’s victims he’s “sorry” for ever believing Mandelson.

Will it be enough to save him, or is this scandal going to bring him down?

Labour Backbenchers Start To Publicly Condemn Starmer Over Mandelson Scandal

Posted on 06/02/2026 by Boris Clair

A growing list of Labour backbenchers are speaking out against Keir Starmer over the Peter Mandelson scandal – while some are turning on each other.

The prime minister apologised for believing the ex-Labour peer’s “lies” over his relationship with dead paedophile Jeffrey Epstein on Thursday in an attempt to win back public favour.

But scrutiny over his decision to appoint Mandelson as the UK’s ambassador to Washington continues to grow, especially as their friendship was public knowledge even before Starmer gave him the plum job.

Labour MPs began the week by privately slamming the prime minister but now – after Starmer still insisted he had no reason to believe Mandelson had misled him over his Epstein ties until US lawmakers released new files on the convicted sex offender – a growing number of those on the left of the party are going on the record with their criticisms.

Paula Barker told the BBC she was “deeply ashamed” of the government’s initial attempts to block the release of documents surrounding Mandelson’s appointment.

However, she said “there’s nobody who I would be prepared to back at this stage” to replace him.

Simon Opher also told the New Statesman that Starmer’s chief of staff Morgan McSweeney – a close ally to Mandelson – “needs to go”, blaming the “poor decision-making of those around the prime minister” for the current crisis.

Bell Ribeiro-Addy told ITV News that appointing Mandelson was an “unforgivable betrayed of our stance on violence against women and girls”.

Others, like Neil Duncan-Jordan, went further, calling for the “Number 10 operation in its entirety” to change.

Similarly, Kim Johnson said: “If this is their idea of leadership, No.10 needs gutting from top to bottom.”

Jo White, leader of Labour’s Red Wall group, said on X: “The only way through this is an ethical reset at the heart of government. ”

And former Labour shadow chancellor John McDonnell warned: “This could bring this government down.

“It could certainly bring Keir Starmer down and this whole team around him, that’s the seriousness of it.”

Rachael Maskell, a known Labour rebel, said on Thursday: “We need to now move forward as a party to ensure that we can gain that support back.

“I don’t believe we can with the PM in place – it is inevitable that the PM is going to have to step down.”

But Loyalist MP Luke Akehurst played down the impact of these statements, saying: “I’m not sure Morgan McSweeney should lose much sleep over this small collection of my PLP colleagues, all policy rebels on various issues, calling for his departure.

“The same names repeatedly take the opportunity to share their hot takes with the media.”

This sparked further disquiet within the party as fellow MP and government critic Karl Turner hit back.

Replying on X, he said: “I don’t think McSweeney will give a monkeys, Luke. But our PM should. And so should you. We aren’t some sort of fast food franchise. We are the Labour Party.

“Getting clever like this about those of us that have got the bottle to speak says more about you than it does about me.”

Meanwhile, a Labour source was exasperated to see the chaos erupting within the party, telling HuffPost UK: “Why are they publicly fighting? What’s wrong with them all?”

Donald Trump Rows Back Criticism On Keir Starmer’s Chagos Deal

Posted on 05/02/2026 by Boris Clair

Donald Trump has now backed Keir Starmer’s Chagos deal once again just weeks after attacking it.

The UK government announced last year that it was going to pay Mauritius £9 billion over the next 99 years so the UK-US military base at Diego Garcia will continue to operate as it does at the moment.

At the height of his row with Europe over control of Greenland last month, the US president accused the UK of giving away the site of “vital US military base” for “NO REASON WHATSOEVER” – despite appearing to be content with the deal at the end of 2025.

But, after a phone call with the prime minister on Thursday, Trump U-turned again, and now seems much more at ease with the plan.

In a post on TruthSocial, he wrote: “I understand that the deal prime minister Starmer has made, according to many, the best he could make.

“However, if the lease deal, sometime in the future, ever falls apart of anyone threatens or endangers US operations and forces at our base, I retain the right to militarily secure and reinforce the American presence in Diego Garcia.

“Let it be known that I will never allow our presence on a base as important as this to ever be undermined or threatened by fake claims or environmental nonsense.

“Thank you for your attention to this matter!”

The prime minister reportedly spoke to Trump about the “importance of the deal to secure the joint UK-US base on Diego Garcia, which remains vital to shared security interests”.

The two leaders agreed that the UK and US “will continue to work closely on the implementation of the deal”, according to Downing Street’s readout of the call.

No.10 will be breathing a huge sigh of relief at the president’s latest change of heart, considering Trump had condemned Starmer’s decision to give up the islands as “an act of great stupidity” in January.

The president said: “There is no doubt that China and Russia have noticed this act of total weakness.”

He added: “The UK giving away extremely important land is an act of GREAT STUPIDITY, and is another in a very long line of National Security reasons why Greenland has to be acquired. Denmark and its European Allies have to DO THE RIGHT THING.”

The outburst stunned the Westminster at the time and there were concerns about the future of the so-called “special relationship” between the US and UK.

But, unlike the European Union, Starmer ruled out imposing retaliatory tariffs on America, even if Trump went ahead with his threat to slap 10% import charges on British goods from February 1.

And, once Trump had supposedly worked up a “framework of a future deal” with Nato over Greenland, he dropped the tariff threat.

Trump Says It ‘Bothers Me That Somebody Is Going After Bill Clinton’ Amid Epstein Scandal

Posted on 05/02/2026 by Boris Clair

US President Donald Trump said it “bothers” him that former President Bill Clinton is facing scrutiny and an order to testify about his past ties to the late child sex predator Jeffrey Epstein, who Trump infamously also had a relationship with.

“It bothers me that somebody is going after Bill Clinton. See, I like Bill Clinton. I still like Bill Clinton,” Trump told NBC News in a White House interview Wednesday.

Asked what he likes about the former president, Trump answered: “I liked his behaviour towards me. I thought he got me, he understood me.”

This expressed support came one day after Trump called it “a shame” that Clinton and his wife, Hillary, have been subpoenaed to testify about their ties to Epstein.

Bill Clinton’s relationship with Epstein was documented in investigative files released by the Justice Department last week. The files include a shirtless photo of Clinton in a hot tub with someone that a DOJ official described as a “victim” of Epstein’s sexual abuse. He has denied wrongdoing and having any knowledge that Epstein was abusing underage girls.

Trump, who also faces unverified allegations of sexual misconduct involving minors in the documents and has denied wrongdoing, said it’s time to “move on” from the Epstein files and expressed support for the Clintons. This about-face follows Trump infamously calling for the former secretary of state to be locked up during and long after their vitriolic 2016 presidential campaign battle.

“I think it’s a shame, to be honest. I always liked him. Her? Yeah, she’s a very capable woman. She was better in debating than some of the other people, I will tell you that,” he told reporters on Tuesday. “She was smarter. She’s a smart woman. I hate to see it in many ways. I hate to see it, but then look at me, they went after me like — you know, they wanted me to go to jail for the rest of my life. Then it turned out I was innocent.”

‘Universally Low’: How Labour MPs’ Plummeting Morale Has Left Keir Starmer In The Danger Zone

Posted on 05/02/2026 by Boris Clair

Keir Starmer threw himself on the mercy of Jeffrey Epstein’s victims today as he desperately tried to save his premiership.

The prime minister stared down the barrel of a TV camera and apologised to them for appointing Peter Mandelson as the UK’s ambassador to Washington, despite his known links to the convicted paedophile.

“I am sorry,” he said. “Sorry for what was done to you. Sorry for having believing Mandelson’s lies and appointed him. And sorry that even now you are forced to watch this story unfold in public once again.”

But the prime minister’s audience was as much his own MPs as it was the women who were abused by Epstein.

They are the ones who hold his fate in their hands, and the bad news for Starmer is that, if anything, they are even angrier than they were yesterday.

One veteran backbencher described the mood among his colleagues as “universally low”.

Another MP said: “Taking refuge in constituency stuff this weekend seems appealing.

Starmer’s argument is that he was unaware of the extent of Lord Mandelson’s ongoing friendship with Epstein, and was lied to by the then Labour peer during the vetting process for the ambassadorial post.

“He portrayed Epstein as someone he barely knew,” the PM said. “And when that became clear and it was not true, I sacked him.”

But that is failing to convince even his own ministers, with one telling HuffPost UK: “Everyone knows Peter was always going to be a high risk appointment and that’s the most disappointing thing.

“On balance the ‘is this worth the risk’ question should have been answered with a ‘no’.”

For a prime minister and former barrister, Starmer does seem to be remarkably incurious.

The full extent of Mandelson’s deep connections with Epstein were, of course, unknown until the latest tranche of documents on the billionaire financier were released last week by the US Department of Justice.

Details of him allegedly passing on market sensitive information in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crash has stunned Westminster and have put Mandelson at the heart of a criminal investigation.

Nevertheless, there was enough evidence available long before Starmer made Mandelson his ambassador to show that he had maintained contact with Epstein after his conviction.

An internal report from 2019 by the JP Morgan bank containing emails between the pair was reported on by the Financial Times in 2023.

Photographs of the pair shopping in the Caribbean and blowing out candles on a birthday cake in Epstein’s Paris apartment were also widely in circulation.

Given that, it is hard to understand how Starmer could have bought Mandelson’s line that the pair “barely knew” one another.

Labour MP Richard Burgon – no fan of Starmer’s, it must be said – remarked: “No minister should be giving the impression that Mandelson’s relationship with Epstein – even after his jailing – wasn’t known before Mandelson became ambassador. It was.”

Other MPs insist the moment of maximum danger for Starmer has passed, at least in the short term.

But the feeling remains that the PM is now just one mis-step away from a full-blown leadership crisis – and his rivals are preparing to strike.

Keir Starmer Facing ‘Political Death’ As Mandelson Scandal Threatens To Engulf Him

Posted on 04/02/2026 by Boris Clair

Keir Starmer is fighting for his political life after the row over his decision to make Peter Mandelson the UK’s ambassador to Washington threatens to end his premiership.

The prime minister is facing mounting fury from Labour MPs after confirming that he knew about Mandelson’s ongoing friendship with the convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein when he gave him the plum diplomatic job.

Starmer made the shocking admission as he endured a torrid prime minister’s questions in the House of Commons.

A minister described Starmer’s performance as “disastrous”.

One Labour MP told HuffPost UK that watching Starmer was “like being present at the political death of the prime minister”.

“It’s made his position far, far worse,” the MP said. “I couldn’t believe some of his answers. We were aghast.”

The MP added: “Labour MPs are in disbelief, to be honest. He came to PMQs and instead of handling it well and appropriately, totally misjudged the mood of MPs and the country.”

In a fresh humiliation for the PM, the government was also forced to U-turn over its plans to publish the behind-the-scenes communications which took place before Mandelson was made ambassador.

Downing Street had initially said that documents relating to national security and the UK’s relations with other countries would remain under wraps.

However, after a major intervention by former deputy PM Angela Rayner, and with the government facing an embarrassing defeat in the Commons, No.10 agreed that MPs on the Intelligence and Security Committee (ISC) will be allowed to see those papers to decide whether they can be made public.

One MP said: “I’m relieved that we’ve got to a better place but why have we had to go through this?”

The developments left Starmer’s political authority severely damaged and led to veteran left-winger John McDonnell calling on him to think about quitting as PM.

He told ITV News: “I think he really needs to consider his position about how he goes forward on this because this is one of those issues which could not just bring down a prime minister, but bring down a government.

“I think he should consider his track record, is he performing the role responsibly, and I think the responsibility is on his shoulders to think whether he’s doing the right thing by staying on.”

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Starmer should ‘consider his position’ after documents revealed the extent of Mandelson and Epstein ties, John McDonnell tells ITV News’ @carldinnen

The PM is facing anger from Labour MPs over what he knew about Mandelson’s ongoing friendship with the disgraced financier pic.twitter.com/wVSG8ApYnC

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Starmer should ‘consider his position’ after documents revealed the extent of Mandelson and Epstein ties, John McDonnell tells ITV News’ @carldinnen

The PM is facing anger from Labour MPs over what he knew about Mandelson’s ongoing friendship with the disgraced financier pic.twitter.com/wVSG8ApYnC

— ITVPolitics (@ITVNewsPolitics) February 4, 2026

Starmer’s leadership crisis has been triggered by the revelations about the extent of Mandelson’s links to Epstein, which emerged in documents released last weekend by the US Department of Justice.

Mandelson, who was sacked as US ambassador just seven months after Starmer appointed him, is facing a criminal investigation over claims he passed market sensitive information to the billionaire financier when he was business secretary in Gordon Brown’s government.

At PMQs, Starmer said Mandelson – who this week quit the House of Lords – had “betrayed” Britain by his actions.

He also said Mandelson had “lied repeatedly” when being vetted for the ambassador’s role.

“I regret appointing him,” Starmer said. “If I knew then what I know now, he wouldn’t have been anywhere near government.”

Trump Insists Putin Kept To His 7-Day Ceasefire Promise Despite Flurry Of Ukraine Attacks

Posted on 04/02/2026 by Boris Clair

Donald Trump has insisted Vladimir Putin kept his word on implementing a week-long ceasefire in Ukraine, despite plenty of evidence to the contrary.

The US president told reporters the Russian president vowed not to target his European neighbour for seven days – from Sunday, January 25 until Sunday, February 1 – and suggested the recent attacks did not breach their agreement.

When reminded that Putin bombarded Ukrainian cities on Monday, Trump told reporters: “I know, it [the truce] was Sunday to Sunday.

“It opened up and he hit them hard last night. He kept his word on that. It’s a lot. But we will take anything, because it’s really, really cold out there.”

But Trump only declared this supposed truce last Thursday, saying: “I personally asked President Putin not to fire into Kyiv and the various towns for a week and he agreed to do that.

“And I have to tell you, it was very nice. People said, ‘Don’t waste the call, you’re not going to get that.’

“And he did it and we’re very happy that they did it because on top of everything else that’s not what they need is missiles coming into their towns and cities.”

Russia struck Ukraine hours later, sending a total of 111 long-range drones and a ballistic missile into the country.

A city bus driver was then killed along with five civilians in Kherson, with authorities reporting ongoing attacks across the country.

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he understood the ceasefire had started late last Friday.

He said while there was no formal ceasefire agreement, both sides agreed on the US plan to halt strikes on each other’s energy facilities.

But Russia attacked again on Sunday, taking out a bus carrying miners in the Dnipropetrovsk region in a deadly assault.

Meanwhile, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters Putin had specifically agreed not to strike Kyiv, suggesting that did not apply to the whole country.

He said: “I can say that President Trump did indeed make a personal request to President Putin to refrain from striking Kyiv for a week, until February 1, as a way to create more hospitable conditions for negotiations.”

The pause was supposed to last while US-led trilateral peace talks took place in Abu Dhabi.

Speaking on Wednesday, after the latest attacks, Zelenskyy said: “We await the reaction of America to the Russian strikes.

“It was the US proposal to halt strikes on energy during diplomacy and severe winter weather.

“The president of the United States made the request personally. Russia responded with a record number of ballistic missiles.”

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Trump on Ukraine:

The pause was for Sunday to Sunday.

It opened up and Putin hit them hard right now.

Putin kept his word on that. One week is a lot, we will take anything. pic.twitter.com/VAYKRPBxd3

— Clash Report (@clashreport) February 3, 2026

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Trump on Ukraine:

The pause was for Sunday to Sunday.

It opened up and Putin hit them hard right now.

Putin kept his word on that. One week is a lot, we will take anything. pic.twitter.com/VAYKRPBxd3

— Clash Report (@clashreport) February 3, 2026

Peter Mandelson To Face Police Investigation Amid Epstein Scandal

Posted on 03/02/2026 by Boris Clair

A criminal investigation has been launched into allegations Peter Mandelson passed market-sensitive information to paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein.

Files released by the US Department of Justice apparently showed Lord Mandelson passing material to Epstein while serving as business secretary in Gordon Brown’s government in the wake of the 2008 financial crash.

The Cabinet Office had passed material to the police after an initial review of documents released as part of the so-called Epstein files found they contained “likely market-sensitive information”.

Commander Ella Marriott of the Metropolitan Police said: “Following the further release of millions of court documents in relation to Jeffrey Epstein by the United States Department of Justice, the Met received a number of reports into alleged misconduct in public office including a referral from the UK Government.

“I can confirm that the Metropolitan Police has now launched an investigation into a 72-year-old man, a former Government minister, for misconduct in public office offences.

“The Met will continue to assess all relevant information brought to our attention as part of this investigation and won’t be commenting any further at this time.”

It has also been announced that Mandelson is to quit the House of Lords on Wednesday.

A government spokesperson said: “The government stands ready to provide whatever support and assistance the police need.”

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