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Unexpected Elements
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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