Mandelson scandal is 'serious' for Starmer but PM is 'man of integrity', Brown says
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Mandelson scandal is 'serious' for Starmer but PM is 'man of integrity', Brown says
""Well, this is obviously serious. I mean, there's always speculation. It happened to me, it happened to Tony Blair, it happens to everybody about how their future should be gauged. But this is serious and the task is very clear. We've got to clean up the system...and end the corruption and unethical behaviour. And if we don't do it, we'll pay a heavy price.""
""None of us knew the depths and the darkness of that relationship.""
""Perhaps he's been too slow to do the right things, but""
Email exchanges in the latest Epstein files allege Peter Mandelson passed market-sensitive government information to Jeffrey Epstein and gave advance notice of a 500bn EU bailout in 2010. Police completed searches of two homes linked to Mandelson. Records suggest Mandelson provided near minute-by-minute updates to Epstein following the 2010 general election. Sir Keir Starmer stated that Mandelson lied about the extent of the relationship. Former prime minister Gordon Brown described the situation as serious, called for cleaning up corruption and unethical behaviour, and characterized Starmer as a man of integrity tasked with reform.
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