Could the Epstein scandal topple the British Prime Minister?

爱泼斯坦丑闻能否推翻英国首相?

The Global Story

2026-02-06

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Warning: this episode contains themes of sexual abuse. Following the release of the latest tranche of Epstein files, renewed scrutiny has fallen on the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s links to powerful figures in the United States. In the UK, attention has shifted to a related controversy that is now sending tremors through Westminster. Newly surfaced email exchanges between Epstein and former UK ambassador to the US Peter Mandelson - also known as Britain’s “Prince of Darkness”, have raised questions about the nature of their relationship and its political ramifications, triggering a police investigation and threatening the position of Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer. George Parker, the Financial Times Political Editor and BBC Radio Presenter, has known the man in question for over three decades. He talks about the seismic implications the Epstein files are having on British politics. Producers: Samantha Chantarasak, Valerio Esposito and Cat Farnsworth Mix: Travis Evans Senior news editor: China Collins Photo: Peter Mandelson and Keir Starmer. Credit: Carl Court/PA Wire
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  • There's been a lot of renewed scrutiny here in the US in the last few days over the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein's links to some of America's most powerful men.

  • But in the UK, a political scandal is unfolding,

  • which is now so serious that it's got many people asking whether it could even topple the Prime Minister,

  • Sir Keir Starmer.

  • The victims of Epstein have lived with trauma that most of us can barely comprehend.

  • I am sorry.

  • Sorry for what was done to you.

  • Sorry that so many people with power failed you.

  • Sorry for having believed Mandelson's lies and appointed him.

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