Britain’s former PM calls for ethical reforms in public life

英国前首相呼吁公共生活中进行道德改革

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2026-02-07

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The UK’s former Labour Prime Minister Gordon Brown, who appointed Peter Mandelson as a cabinet minister, has called for an ethical shakeup in public life in the wake of the Epstein scandal. Mr Brown also defended Prime Minister Keir Starmer as a man of principle who could tackle the problem. Also in the programme: Russia attacks more energy infrastructure in Ukraine; political analysis of President Trump’s racist Truth Social post; and will the Japanese prime minister's decision to call a snap election pay off? (IMAGE: Former prime minister Gordon Brown speaks at a child poverty event, to mark the 60th anniversary of the Child Poverty Action Group (Cpag), at Somerset House, in central London, Thursday November 6, 2025 / CREDIT: James Manning/PA Wire)
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  • The revelations about the depth and breadth of Epstein's worldwide web of contacts have cost several people their jobs,

  • one British royal his title,

  • and now they are threatening to bring down the British Prime Minister, Sakir Starmer.

  • That is because of his decision to appoint Peter Mandelson as the UK ambassador to the United States in 2024,

  • despite knowing, as Starmer admitted this week,

  • in Parliament of Mandelson's continuing contact and friendship with Epstein following the financier's conviction in 2008

  • for soliciting sex from girls as young as 14.

  • While Mandelson was sacked from his job last September after an earlier tranche of Epstein files revealed how close those contacts had been.

  • What is new in the latest documents is the allegation that Mandelson leaked market sensitive information to Epstein when he was in government during the global financial crisis.