{"id":2485184,"date":"2025-09-11T08:38:01","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T12:38:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/starmer-fires-ambassador-to-us-over-ties-to-jeffrey-epstein\/"},"modified":"2025-09-11T08:40:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T12:40:07","slug":"starmer-fires-ambassador-to-us-over-ties-to-jeffrey-epstein","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/starmer-fires-ambassador-to-us-over-ties-to-jeffrey-epstein\/","title":{"rendered":"Starmer fires ambassador to US over ties to Jeffrey Epstein"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fstarmer-fires-ambassador-to-us-over-ties-to-jeffrey-epstein%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2485184&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The United Kingdom&#8217;s Prime Minister Keir Starmer has dismissed the UK ambassador to the United States, Peter Mandelson, following revelations of Mandelson&#8217;s ties to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein. The Sun newspaper published emails showing Mandelson&#8217;s correspondence with Epstein dating back to Epstein&#8217;s first conviction. Foreign Office Minister Stephen Doughty stated in the House of Commons that this new information about Mandelson&#8217;s relationship with Epstein, including Mandelson&#8217;s suggestion that Epstein&#8217;s first conviction was wrongful, altered the government&#8217;s view. Consequently,Mandelson was withdrawn from his ambassadorial post with immediate effect,amidst widespread condemnation within the Labor Party and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/limbaugh-the-tyrannical-lefts-sinister-conspiracy-to-silence-conservatives\/\" title=\"LIMBAUGH: The Tyrannical Left\u2019s Sinister Conspiracy To Silence Conservatives\">political opposition<\/a>. Mandelson had been valued for his role in securing a favorable US-UK trade deal but faced growing dissent from within his own party before his removal. This <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >development highlights ongoing global repercussions<\/a> from the Epstein scandal amid broader political unrest. <br \/> <!DOCTYPE html><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Starmer fires ambassador to US over ties to Jeffrey Epstein<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2225425\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/united-kingdom\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">United Kingdom<\/a> Prime Minister <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/keir-starmer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Keir Starmer<\/a> fired the U.K. ambassador to the United States after revelations emerged showing his ties to disgraced financier <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jeffrey-epstein\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jeffrey Epstein<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The<em> Sun<\/em> newspaper published a trove of emails on Wednesday showing Ambassador Peter Mandelson&rsquo;s correspondence with Epstein going back to his first conviction. Foreign Office Minister Stephen Doughty said in a statement in the House of Commons on Thursday that new information had changed the government&rsquo;s view.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3802455\/foreign-leaders-world-reaction-charlie-kirk-assassination\/\">Foreign leaders remember Charlie Kirk as defender of freedom after activist&#8217;s assassination<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3800755\/nepalese-protest-military-curfew-infiltrators-violent-30-killed\/\">Nepalese protesters endorse military curfew and claim &#8216;infiltrators&#8217; turned protests violent after 30 killed<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3800808\/mike-huckabee-unaware-timeline-qatar-strike-israel\/\">Mike Huckabee admits he &#8216;wasn&rsquo;t privy&#8217; on timeline before Qatar strike<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">British Ambassador to the United States, Peter Mandelson speaks in front of the painting called Whistlejacket by George Stubbs during the rededication ceremony of the George Washington Statue in the National Gallery in London, Wednesday, June 18, 2025. (AP Photo\/Kirsty Wigglesworth)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;The emails show &hellip; that the depth and extent of Lord Mandelson&rsquo;s relationship with Jeffrey Epstein is materially different from that known at the time of his appointment. In particular &hellip; Lord Mandelson&rsquo;s suggestion that Jeffrey Epstein&rsquo;s first conviction was wrongful and should be challenged is new information,&rdquo; Doughty told Parliament.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;In light of that &hellip; I&rsquo;m mindful, as we all are, of the victims of Epstein&rsquo;s appalling crimes, and he has been withdrawn as ambassador with immediate effect,&rdquo; he added.<\/p>\n<p>Emails revealed by the <em>Sun<\/em> showed Mandelson&rsquo;s messages to Epstein, including one in which he said, &ldquo;I think the world of you,&rdquo; just before Epstein went to prison for soliciting prostitution from a minor in June 2008.<\/p>\n<p>Mandelson took up his post in February and has been valued for his experience in trade negotiations. Analysts credited the favorable trade deal struck between the U.S. and the U.K. largely to the ambassador.<\/p>\n<p>The U.K. opposition quickly seized on the <em>Sun<\/em> report. Liberal Democrats leader Ed Davey suggested to Starmer that the Trump administration could have kompromat on Mandelson, while Conservative leader<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>Kemi Badenoch repeatedly pressed Starmer on whether he had confidence in him when the ambassador had been appointed, to which he replied in the affirmative.<\/p>\n<p>The writing on the wall appeared early on Thursday when Labour Party members began openly expressing their dissatisfaction. Labour Member of Parliament Andy McDonald said there was &ldquo;widespread revulsion&rdquo; over Mandelson shortly before he was fired, the BBC <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/live\/czewp16k6k6t\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/in_focus\/3789808\/is-immigration-policy-friction-bringing-britain-to-the-brink\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">IS IMMIGRATION POLICY FRICTION BRINGING BRITAIN TO THE BRINK?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;There isn&rsquo;t anybody in the Labour Party who is supporting Peter Mandelson today and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-to-host-netanyahu-at-mar-a-lago-when-israeli-leader-comes-to-us-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Trump to host Netanyahu at Mar-a-Lago when Israeli leader comes to US - Washington Examiner\">prime minister&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s got to hear that and understand that he&rsquo;ll weaken his position if he continues to support him,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>The shake-up in the U.K.&rsquo;s most important ambassadorship comes at a time of wider political turmoil and shows the reverberations of the Epstein scandal globally. Epstein has come back into focus in the U.S. after President Donald Trump&rsquo;s Department of Justice accepted the official story of his death.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Starmer dismisses US ambassador over Epstein links<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2653,"featured_media":2485185,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/AP25169558873995-e1757593894223.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[11079,51194,4633,34755,50822],"class_list":["post-2485184","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-ambassador","tag-jeffrey-epstein","tag-scandal","tag-starmer","tag-us-2"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/AP25169558873995-e1757593894223.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2485184","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2653"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2485184"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2485184\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2485188,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2485184\/revisions\/2485188"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2485185"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2485184"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2485184"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2485184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}