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Evening Standard
Politics
Rachael Burford

Detail of Mandelson’s relationship with Epstein 'like knife through my soul', says PM's ex chief of staff

Learning the details of Peter Mandelson’s relationship with paedophile Jeffrey Epstein was “like a knife through my soul”, the Prime Minister’s former chief of staff has said.

Morgan McSweeney on Tuesday took responsibility for appointing the peer US ambassador as he apologised for his role in the scandal, saying Sir Keir Starmer had “relied on my advice and I got it wrong”.

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