‘Nobody has spoken to me’ about US ambassador job, says Mandelson

Lord Mandelson said his focus was on the election to become the chancellor of the University of Oxford (PA) - (PA Archive)

Lord Peter Mandelson said “nobody has spoken to me” about the job of Britain’s ambassador to the US.

He told the BBC on Sunday morning he would be “very interested” in advising the next appointee on trade, but was himself “focussed” on the chancellorship election at the University of Oxford, where he is a candidate.