UK needed ‘unconventional’ US ambassador when picking Mandelson, minister says
by Jamie Grierson from US news | The Guardian on (#6ZZQV)
Douglas Alexander says he would not have been appointed if PM had known the depth of his links to Jeffrey Epstein
The UK government believed an unconventional presidential administration" required an unconventional ambassador" when it appointed Peter Mandelson as US ambassador, a cabinet minister has said.
But the Scotland secretary, Douglas Alexander, told broadcasters Mandelson would not have been given the role had the prime minister known the depth of his association with the convicted child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
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