A government minister has fuelled speculation that Peter Mandelson could be thrown out of the House of Lords or lose the Labour whip permanently, saying the former US ambassador’s links with Jeffrey Epstein were “disgusting”.
Asked if the disgraced former US envoy should be stripped of his Lords seat, former home secretary Jacqui Smith said she was “angry and disgusted” by his behaviour, adding that Lord Mandelson’s fate in the Lords would be decided by chief whip Roy Kennedy.
