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Peter Mandelson, in a recent interview, expresses regret over system failures but declines apology to Epstein victims
Peter Mandelson apologised for systemic failures protecting Epstein's victims but denied any knowledge of Epstein’s crimes despite emails showing close ties after 2008 conviction.
- In his BBC interview, Lord Peter Mandelson said he would apologise 'to those women for a system that refused to hear their voices,' but declined to apologise for his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein.
- Published emails in September revealed Mandelson's relationship with Epstein was materially different from what was known, prompting prime minister Keir Starmer to request his withdrawal and sacking.
- Mandelson admitted he believed the story Jeffrey Epstein told in 2008 and said, `It was a most terrible mistake on my part. He continued` to call Epstein his 'best pal' and urged him to fight for early release shortly before his 18-month sentence.
- The government moved to name a successor, announcing Christian Turner as ambassador, while the interview provoked public fury and calls to strip Mandelson of his Labour peerage.
- The disclosures have reignited questions about how the system treated Epstein's victims and Downing Street said the emails showed a relationship materially different from what was known, reopening debate over a system that gave him protection and not them.
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U.K.’s former U.S. envoy apologizes to Epstein’s victims | Honolulu Star-Advertiser
LONDON >> Britain’s former U.S. ambassador Peter Mandelson, who was dismissed over his links to Jeffrey Epstein last year, apologised on Sunday to the victims of the late convicted sex offender but not for his own actions.
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Mandelson refuses to apologise for post-conviction Epstein friendship
In a BBC interview, Laura Kuenssberg, has asked Peter Mandelson about his relationship with the dead paedophile Jeffrey Epstein. In the course of answering, slimeball Mandelson gave an incredibly dishonest impression of his ongoing relationship with the convicted sex offender: "The friendship I had 25yrs ago" Mandelson downplaying his relationship with "best pal" Epstein. He stayed at Epsteins house in 2009 (after Epstein had been convicted) & …
·United Kingdom
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