{"id":943,"date":"2026-02-02T08:48:49","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T08:48:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.worldwatchalert.com\/?p=943"},"modified":"2026-02-02T08:50:33","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T08:50:33","slug":"peter-mandelson-quits-labour-party-amid-fresh-epstein-revelations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.worldwatchalert.com\/?p=943","title":{"rendered":"Peter Mandelson Quits Labour Party Amid Fresh Epstein Revelations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>LONDON:<\/strong> Former British minister Peter Mandelson has resigned from Prime Minister Keir Starmer\u2019s Labour Party after fresh media reports highlighted renewed questions over his past links with disgraced US financier Jeffrey Epstein, British outlets reported Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mandelson, a senior Labour figure during the governments of former prime minister Tony Blair, said he stepped down to avoid causing further embarrassment to the party.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI have been further linked this weekend to the understandable furore surrounding Jeffrey Epstein, and I feel regretful and sorry about this,\u201d Mandelson wrote in a letter to Labour, according to the BBC and other British media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He rejected allegations that Epstein made financial payments to him, which surfaced in British press reports based on documents released by the US Justice Department, saying the claims were false and would be investigated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhile doing this, I do not wish to cause further embarrassment to the Labour Party, and I am therefore stepping down from membership of the party,\u201d the letter said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mandelson had already been dismissed last year from his post as Britain\u2019s ambassador to the United States after earlier disclosures about his association with Epstein, including a letter in which he referred to the financier as \u201cmy best pal.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A key architect of Labour\u2019s election victories in the late 1990s and early 2000s, Mandelson also faced previous political controversies. 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