THE SNP are stepping up pressure on Labour MP Douglas Alexander to quit as Scottish Secretary after files showed Peter Mandelson introduced him to a lobbying firm he set up with links to Russia and China.
Papers released earlier this week showed that Mandelson, who was sacked as UK ambassador to the US last year over his links with paedophile Jeffrey Epstein, introduced Alexander to contacts in the Global Counsel lobbying firm he co-founded in 2010. Mandelson resigned from its board in 2024, but continued to own shares.