"Wes Streeting's texts to Lord Peter Mandelson were read aloud to him after he passed his text messages to Sky News in a bid to clear the air following days of speculation over the pair's political relationship and friendship. Speaking to Beth Rigby on Monday (9 February), the Health Secretary disagreed with the political editor's suggestion that their pair had an intimate friendship, and said he is "embarrassed to have known Peter Mandelson"."
"and said he is "embarrassed to have known Peter Mandelson". He explained that his relationship with Lord Mandelson began through his partner Joe Dancey, who worked as a parliamentary researcher for the now-72-year-old 25 years ago. Discussing the messages, he said: I'm happy for people to look at them and I'm happy to answer questions about them. I've got nothing to hide."
Wes Streeting, the Health Secretary, passed his text messages with Lord Peter Mandelson to Sky News to clear the air after days of speculation about their political relationship and friendship. He rejected the suggestion of an intimate friendship and described himself as "embarrassed to have known Peter Mandelson". He traced the relationship's origin to his partner Joe Dancey, who worked as a parliamentary researcher for Mandelson 25 years ago. The messages were read aloud to Lord Mandelson. Streeting invited public scrutiny of the messages and offered to answer questions, stating he had nothing to hide.
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