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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Jessica Elgot Deputy political editor

Ed Miliband says he and Lammy feared Mandelson appointment could ‘blow up’

Peter Mandelson.
Peter Mandelson was sacked after nine months as the UK’s ambassador to the US. Photograph: Toby Melville/Reuters

Ed Miliband and David Lammy discussed concerns that the appointment of Peter Mandelson as the UK’s ambassador to Washington could “blow up”, the energy secretary has revealed.

Miliband said he spoke to Lammy, who was foreign secretary at the time Mandelson was given the Washington post, and both expressed reservations.

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