Mandelson’s Fall From Diplomatic Heights

A moment of triumph in Washington, D.C., a year ago saw Prime Minister Keir Starmer and former senior minister Peter Mandelson smiling as they welcomed him back to the UK’s diplomatic corps. That bright moment is now a distant memory.

In London, police detained Mandelson at his home after accusations that he once leaked state secrets to Jeffrey Epstein while in office. For a career that spanned more than forty years, the arrest signals a dramatic collapse from top government roles to a police cell in central London.