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As a “perfect storm” blows through the UK, disrupting flights and road travel, it does not augur well for those with planned Christmas get-away holidays. Known popularly as the “Prince of Darkness “during the Labour years — Lord Mandelson has been just been appointed UK’s ambassador to the US by the Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer. This is an interesting …

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2 days, 13 hours ago

DAILY MAIL COMMENT: Misery of cancel culture on the trains

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It will come as no surprise to beleaguered commuters that Manchester Victoria is the worst railway station for cancellations. Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander acknowledges the need for modernisation yet her party gave the rail unions a bumper pay deal without insisting on reform. Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander has acknowledged the need for modernisation of the railway, yet her party gave …

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2 days, 15 hours ago

Oops! Donald Trump official calls Lord Mandelson an 'absolute moron' who should 'stay home' - just minutes after he was confirmed as Britain's new ambassador

Daily Mail

Donald Trump's campaign manager branded Lord Mandelson a 'moron' who should 'stay home' – just minutes after he was confirmed as Britain's new ambassador to the United States. Downing Street confirmed Lord Mandelson's appointment as Britain's new ambassador to the United States to Washington at 4.22pm Chris LaCivita savaged Keir Starmer 's decision to replace Dame Karen Pierce with the …

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2 days, 15 hours ago

DAN HODGES: Ruthless, cynical and cunning - why Mandy is the perfect choice as US ambassador

Daily Mail

Peter Mandelson is cynical, manipulative, ruthless, calculating, cunning and ambitious – and the perfect choice to be Britain’s new ambassador to Washington. The Prime Minister’s decision to appoint the man once dubbed ‘The Prince of Darkness’ to the coveted role has caused consternation, especially among his old foes in the Labour movement. Peter Mandelson is cynical, manipulative, ruthless, calculating, cunning …

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2 days, 21 hours ago

Veteran Labour politician Peter Mandelson named UK ambassador to the US

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LONDON — British Prime Minister Keir Starmer confirmed Friday that veteran Labour Party politician Peter Mandelson will be the U.K.'s next ambassador to Washington, a rare appointment for someone outside the diplomatic corps. Mandelson, who served in senior posts in the governments of former prime ministers Tony Blair and Gordon Brown between 1997 and 2010, is set to take up …

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Starmer sends Peter Mandelson to woo 'bully' Donald Trump: Tony Blair ally and spin doctor confirmed as UK's new ambassador to the US with a mission to defeat trade tariffs

Daily Mail

Tony Blair's close ally Peter Mandelson was confirmed as the new British ambassador in the United States - with a mission to charm Donald Trump. Lord Mandelson, the former Cabinet minister nicknamed 'the Prince of Darkness' due to his Machiavellian maneuverings, will be installed in Washington following Mr Trump's inauguration on January 20. Lord Mandelson, the former Cabinet minister and …

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Tony Blair ally Peter Mandelson set to be new UK ambassador to Donald Trump's US - seven years after calling incoming president a 'bully' over 'America First' policies

Daily Mail

Tony Blair's close ally Peter Mandelson is set to become the UK ambassador to the United States, despite previously branding Donald Trump a 'bully' and laying into his 'America First' agenda. Lord Mandelson, the former Cabinet minister and EU commissioner nicknamed 'the Prince of Darkness' due to his Machiavellian maneuverings, will be installed in Washington following Mr Trump's inauguration on …

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3 days, 18 hours ago

Veteran Labour politician Peter Mandelson set to be named UK ambassador to the US

Associated Press

LONDON — Veteran U.K. Labour Party politician Peter Mandelson will be Britain’s next ambassador to Washington, people familiar with the decision said Thursday. Mandelson, who served in senior posts in the governments of former prime ministers Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, is expected to take up his job early next year. Mandelson, 71, has been considered a front-runner for the …

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3 weeks, 3 days ago

Living next door to the United States can be tricky

The Independent

Donald Trump issued a warning to Mexico and Canada that trade tariffs of 25 per cent would be imposed on their goods when he returns to the White House. Canada’s former prime minister famously quipped how “living next to you is like sleeping with an elephant. I wonder… Tim Sidaway Abbots Langley, Herts University challenged I know that “Hague beats …

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1 month ago

Elon Musk vows to summon MPs to the US 'to explain censorship and threats to American citizens': Billionaire hits back at calls for him to testify in UK over X's role in summer riots

Daily Mail

Elon Musk has hit back at a suggestion MPs could summon him to Britain to give evidence about X's role in promoting disinformation by threatening to ask them to come to the US to 'explain their censorship'. It comes as Labour peer Lord Mandelson, who is the frontrunner to be Britain's next ambassador to the US, urged Sir Keir to …

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1 month ago

Peter Mandelson: I mended fences with John Prescott in final conversation

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Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Lord Peter Mandelson has revealed he and Lord Prescott made …

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1 month ago

Keir Starmer told to deploy Nigel Farage as bridge to Donald Trump and Elon Musk

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Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Lord Peter Mandelson has urged Sir Keir Starmer to use Nigel …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Believe it or not, there are worse ideas than ‘Ambassador Farage’

The Independent

I assume that speculation about Nigel Farage becoming Britain’s ambassador to the United States is based on little more than putting two and two together: that Farage is a friend of Donald Trump’s and that Keir Starmer will need help in managing his relationship with the next president. Two days ago, he wrote an article for The Daily Telegraph offering …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

Could Peter Mandelson make another comeback as Britain’s next ambassador to the United States?

The Independent

Who will be our next man – or woman – in Washington? Well, aside from Mandelson – a former cabinet minister and EU trade commissioner – we have some other well-qualified “left-leaning” types. He’s been busy with the International Rescue Committee, a charity based in Washington DC, so at least he’d not have to move far, and he might like …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

If anyone can secure an unlikely American trade deal, it is Peter Mandelson

The Independent

Peter Mandelson has more lives than a cat. I am told that, although the appointment of a new ambassador to the US is “not remotely on the prime minister’s radar”, Keir Starmer has already taken two decisions. He knows power, he understands money, has no problem whatsoever rubbing shoulders with the 1 per cent.” But more significant is Mandelson’s record …

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5 months, 1 week ago

Keir Starmer ally Lord Mandelson suggests Obama should make Joe Biden quit - and warns Kamala Harris might not be the best replacement - as PM says US president deserves 'credit' for NATO summit succe

Daily Mail

Keir Starmer's ally Lord Mandelson has suggested Barack Obama should make Joe Biden quit despite the PM publicly defending the US president. President Joe Biden introduced Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky as 'President Putin ' in a brutal gaffe at the NATO summit with his political future hanging by a thread The 81-year-old facing mounting calls to drop out of the …

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6 months ago

Peter Mandelson resigns from board of lobbying firm weeks before Labour set to enter No 10

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Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Peter Mandelson has resigned from the board of his lobbying firm …

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8 months, 4 weeks ago

Lord Mandelson urges Labour to slow down over trade union laws

The Telegraph

“There is a clear case for reform but the case needs to be tested, priorities established and the complexities thoroughly addressed. “This must not be rushed but it must be done in consultation with business.” He added that the shadow chancellor had said that “in moving the legal pendulum back on trade union laws to the centre, it will not …

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9 months, 2 weeks ago

Men telling other men to lose weight is cruel... but is it ever beneficial?

The Independent

Lord Peter Mandelson was on a podcast the other day, talking body politics. “I know he has been taking advice from Lord Mandelson, who yesterday rather uncharitably said he needed to shed a few pounds,” Hunt said to Starmer. “Ordinary families will shed more than a few pounds if that lot get in.” Now imagine the hoo-ha, if, say Edwina …

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10 months, 2 weeks ago

Derek Draper funeral: Kate Garraway’s husband laid to rest today in service attended by Elton John and Keir Starmer

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11 months, 1 week ago

Jeffrey Epstein 'paid Virginia Giuffre $15,000 to have sex with Prince Andrew when she was 17', she claims in latest unsealed court docs: Friends of Duke insist new row WON'T make King evict him from

Daily Mail

Virginia Giuffre claims paedophile Jeffrey Epstein paid her $15,000 to have sex with Prince Andrew when she was 17-years-old in the latest tranche of newly unsealed documents. In one court document released last night, Mrs Giuffre – who at the time was Virginia Roberts – said Epstein and his madam Ghislaine Maxwell had sexually trafficked her to the world's elite …

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11 months, 2 weeks ago

Epstein 'sex slave' insists there WERE sex tapes of Prince Andrew, Bill Clinton and Richard Branson but claims she was forced to retract allegations after she and her family were threatened 'with harm

Daily Mail

Jeffrey Epstein's 'sex slave' has insisted the paedophile did make sex tapes of Prince Andrew, Bill Clinton and Richard Branson but claimed she was forced to retract the allegations after she and her family were threatened. Sarah Ransome has claimed she retracted allegations that the paedophile made sex tapes of Prince Andrew, Bill Clinton and Richard Branson Ms Ransome made …

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11 months, 2 weeks ago

Sir Richard Branson hits back at 'baseless and unfounded' claims from Jeffrey Epstein 'victim' he featured in sex tapes made by the pervert: Virgin billionaire said to be filmed during trips to 'paedo

Daily Mail

Sir Richard Branson has hit back at 'baseless and unfounded' claims that he was secretly recorded having sex by Jeffrey Epstein. A letter from Ms Ransome states: 'When my friend had sexual intercourse with Clinton, Prince Andrew and Richard Branson, sex tapes were in fact filmed on each separate occasion by Jeffrey. Sir Richard Branson has hit back at 'baseless …

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11 months, 2 weeks ago

Kate Garraway says 'I was so lucky to have you in my life' in emotional tribute to husband Derek Draper following weeks-long vigil by his bedside - after cancelling all her TV commitments to be with h

Daily Mail

This is the last picture taken of Kate Garraway before her husband Derek Draper died aged 56 after suffering a heart attack before Christmas. Kate Garraway has been seen for the first time since her husband Derek Draper was left fighting for his life as he suffered a heart attack Kate was pictured leaving a north London Tesco in a …

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Kishwar Desai | UK-US ties to get strained in 2025; music keeps Paul, Ringo, Mick young

DAILY MAIL COMMENT: Misery of cancel culture on the trains

Oops! Donald Trump official calls Lord Mandelson an 'absolute moron' who should 'stay home' - just minutes after he was confirmed as Britain's new ambassador

DAN HODGES: Ruthless, cynical and cunning - why Mandy is the perfect choice as US ambassador

Veteran Labour politician Peter Mandelson named UK ambassador to the US

Starmer sends Peter Mandelson to woo 'bully' Donald Trump: Tony Blair ally and spin doctor confirmed as UK's new ambassador to the US with a mission to defeat trade tariffs

Tony Blair ally Peter Mandelson set to be new UK ambassador to Donald Trump's US - seven years after calling incoming president a 'bully' over 'America First' policies

Veteran Labour politician Peter Mandelson set to be named UK ambassador to the US

Living next door to the United States can be tricky

Elon Musk vows to summon MPs to the US 'to explain censorship and threats to American citizens': Billionaire hits back at calls for him to testify in UK over X's role in summer riots

Peter Mandelson: I mended fences with John Prescott in final conversation

Keir Starmer told to deploy Nigel Farage as bridge to Donald Trump and Elon Musk

Believe it or not, there are worse ideas than ‘Ambassador Farage’

Could Peter Mandelson make another comeback as Britain’s next ambassador to the United States?

If anyone can secure an unlikely American trade deal, it is Peter Mandelson

Keir Starmer ally Lord Mandelson suggests Obama should make Joe Biden quit - and warns Kamala Harris might not be the best replacement - as PM says US president deserves 'credit' for NATO summit succe

Peter Mandelson resigns from board of lobbying firm weeks before Labour set to enter No 10

Lord Mandelson urges Labour to slow down over trade union laws

Men telling other men to lose weight is cruel... but is it ever beneficial?

Derek Draper funeral: Kate Garraway’s husband laid to rest today in service attended by Elton John and Keir Starmer

Jeffrey Epstein 'paid Virginia Giuffre $15,000 to have sex with Prince Andrew when she was 17', she claims in latest unsealed court docs: Friends of Duke insist new row WON'T make King evict him from

Epstein 'sex slave' insists there WERE sex tapes of Prince Andrew, Bill Clinton and Richard Branson but claims she was forced to retract allegations after she and her family were threatened 'with harm

Sir Richard Branson hits back at 'baseless and unfounded' claims from Jeffrey Epstein 'victim' he featured in sex tapes made by the pervert: Virgin billionaire said to be filmed during trips to 'paedo

Kate Garraway says 'I was so lucky to have you in my life' in emotional tribute to husband Derek Draper following weeks-long vigil by his bedside - after cancelling all her TV commitments to be with h