Former Raises Concerns Over Mandelson Appointment
Morgan McSweeney, described as the Prime Minister's right-hand man, issued a personal statement regarding a recommendation error. The House of Commons in London voted against an opposition motion to launch a parliamentary investigation into the appointment of former British Ambassador to the US, Peter Mandelson. The opposition alleges Prime Minister Stammer was misled regarding Mandelson's close contact with the late US sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Stammer denies knowledge of the connection and stated he was not informed about it. The Labour Party majority voted against the proposal to examine whether Prime Minister Keir Starmer lied to Parliament regarding the appointment. Fifteen Labour Members of Parliament rebelled against the appointment of Mandelson as the United Kingdom's ambassador to Washington.
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“He began with a personal statement where he said he had made a serious mistake in recommending the appointment of Lord Manderson.”
“had made a serious mistake in recommending the appointment of Lord Manderson.”
“had made a serious mistake in recommending the appointment of Lord Manderson. at pace but said nothing improper was done. And he said he was surprised to hear about the depth of the relationship between Lord Mandelson and Epstein.”
“he apologized for what has emerged since then was way, way, way worse than I had expected at the time. And it was when I saw the pictures, when I saw the Bloomberg questions in September.”
“I don't understand how this is a revelation to the Prime Minister's Chief of Staff that this man carried on a relationship with him.”
“The former chief of staff took his thumb on Morgan McSweeney, giving that evidence to the Foreign Affairs Committee earlier. He was of course questioned about the decision to appoint Mandelson as ambassador to America and he began by admitting a big mistake.”
“And actually, one of the things that Morgan McSweeney said in this Select Committee of Parents as well was that he later realised he wasn't given the full”
“began by admitting a big mistake. The appointment of Mandelson as ambassador”
“commenting on his host nation's treatment of the Epstein scandal.”
“one of the things that Morgan McSweeney said in this Select Committee of Parents as well was that he later realised he wasn't given the full”
“The appointment of Mandelson as ambassador of staff that is... ...was a serious error of judgement. I advised the Prime Minister in support of that appointment and I was wrong to do so.”
“McSweeney told the committee he was not aware”
“McSweeney told the committee he was not aware the full extent of Mandelson's dealings with Jeffrey Epstein. The nature of the relationship that I understood he had with Epstein was not a close friendship.”
“Mandelson would have been given the job as ambassador if a different US president had ended up in office. I thought that based on Mandelson's experience as an EU trade commissioner that made him the strongest candidate.”
“He was followed by Morgan McSweeney, the Prime Minister's former Chief of Staff... He admitted it was his mistake to advise the PM to appoint Peter Mandelson as Ambassador.”
“he said that he should have got arging for it. I don't think he'd have made that appointment. Now I don't think with the direction in terms of policy, he is certainly around the issue of jury trial curtailment”
“Morgan McSweeney did a a decent job in still remaining. and committed to his prime minister, the man who appointed him chief of staff, taking the pressure off him slightly by saying, look, it was my decision to advise that we go ahead with this. It was the wrong one.”
“Morgan McSweeney and Philip Barton. What did we learn? ... Lord Mandelson's appointment to Washington is gobbling up so much parliamentary time”
“Philip Barton, who's the former head of the Foreign Office, did sort of row in slightly behind Dolly Robbins and slightly behind the Prime Minister in saying there was a clear atmosphere of pressure over this appointment, the short time frame that Morgan McSweeney”
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