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Why the Mandelson-Epstein birthday book revelations are CATASTROPHIC for Keir Starmer

Why the Mandelson-Epstein birthday book revelations are CATASTROPHIC for Keir Starmer

Update: 2025-09-10
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The Jeffrey Epstein birthday book revelations have further implicated Donald Trump and Bill Clinton and forced a grovelling apology from the UK Ambassador to the US’s Peter Mandelson.

In Talking Politics, Robert Peston and Tom Bradby examine why Mandelson’s past letters to the convicted paedophile financier - released now by a US congressional committee - are so catastrophic for Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

The duo analyse how Kemi Badenoch used the issue to finally dominate at PMQs, compare Mandelson’s precarious political predicament with Angela Rayner’s recent resignation over unpaid stamp duty and discuss the other biggest headaches facing Starmer heading into Autumn’s Budget, including why tax rises are now inevitable.Got a question for Tom and Robert?

Email talkingpolitics@itv.com and we’ll answer it in our weekly Talking Politics Q&A show

Got a question for the team? Email talkingpolitics@itv.com
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Why the Mandelson-Epstein birthday book revelations are CATASTROPHIC for Keir Starmer

Why the Mandelson-Epstein birthday book revelations are CATASTROPHIC for Keir Starmer

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