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Katrine Bussey

Calls for Scottish Secretary to quit over links to Lord Peter Mandelson

Scottish Secretary Douglas Alexander is facing further calls to quit over his links with Lord Peter Mandelson (Henry Nicholls/PA) -

The SNP is stepping up pressure on Labour’s Douglas Alexander, insisting that the Scottish Secretary must quit in the wake of documents showing his connections with former US ambassador Lord Peter Mandelson.

Papers released earlier this week showed that Lord Mandelson = who was sacked from the Washington posting last year over his links with paedophile Jeffrey Epstein – introduced Mr Alexander to contacts in the Global Counsel lobbying firm he had set up.

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