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McSweeney admits pressuring Foreign Office to expedite Mandelson role
Morgan McSweeney, former chief of staff to UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, admitted pressuring Foreign Office officials to expedite Peter Mandelson’s appointment as UK ambassador to Washington but insisted he never asked them to skip security vetting steps. In evidence to the Foreign Affairs Select Committee, McSweeney acknowledged a serious error of judgment in advising Starmer on the appointment due to Mandelson’s undisclosed, deeper-than-known links to Jeffrey Epstein, while former Foreign Office head Philip Barton confirmed intense pace pressure from Downing Street and stated No 10 was uninterested in vetting details.
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McSweeney admits pressuring Foreign Office to expedite Mandelson role
Apr 28, 2026, 9:45 PM
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