'You are one of my best friends,' Peter Mandelson told Jeffrey Epstein in embarrassing emails released at the weekend. “You are one of my best friends,” Mandelson later told Epstein in embarrassing emails released at the weekend. UK prime minister Keir Starmer. Photograph: PAWhat it ends up costing UK prime minister Keir Starmer has yet to be determined. Potential criminality aside, the emails sent to Epstein by Mandelson – then the business secretary in Gordon Brown’s cabinet – were toe-curlingly cringey.

Source: The Irish Times February 04, 2026 14:10 UTC