
The Guardian view on the Mandelson files: the missing vetting document matters most | Editorial
A data dump exposes Labour’s courtier politics. But it still does not explain why the peer was cleared to be US ambassador The Epstein files fatally damaged Peter Mandelson. Gone was his reputation as Westminster’s great survivor: the politician who could weather any scandal and return to the centre of power. Allegations that he leaked market-sensitive information to the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein after the financial crash led to a criminal investigation. The peer was sacked as Brita












