{"id":49651,"date":"2026-02-02T07:40:35","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T12:40:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/?p=49651"},"modified":"2026-02-02T07:43:46","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T12:43:46","slug":"britains-prince-of-darkness-darkened-even-more-by-epstein-disclosure-about-lord-peter-mandelson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/?p=49651","title":{"rendered":"<h2><b><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Britain&#8217;s &#8220;Prince of Darkness&#8221; blackened even more by Epstein disclosures about Lord Peter Mandelson and his husband<\/span><\/b><\/h2>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more--><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-49652\" src=\"http:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-02-at-7.39.37-AM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"558\" height=\"707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-02-at-7.39.37-AM.png 558w, https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-02-at-7.39.37-AM-237x300.png 237w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 558px) 100vw, 558px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"ssrcss-1a3wt72-Heading e10rt3ze0\">Summary<\/h2>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-1kcpma4-EditorialTextWrapper edl49zf2\" data-testid=\"test-election-component-editorial-text\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-1gccci3-Stack e1y4nx260\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-1o5p6v2-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-h5qd1q-ListContainer e5tfeyi0\">\n<ul role=\"list\">\n<li>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Opposition parties are\u00a0<a class=\"ssrcss-6mgqu7-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/live\/clynp40ekrdt?post=asset%3A6041a98f-f9af-46ff-8c53-0dbd7c8984f4#post\">calling for an investigation into Peter Mandelson&#8217;s role<\/a>\u00a0in Labour governments after he resigned from the party over his links to Jeffrey Epstein<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Lord Mandelson said he wanted to save the Labour Party\u00a0<a class=\"ssrcss-6mgqu7-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/live\/clynp40ekrdt?post=asset%3A2f5e9735-a403-455a-b987-a8dc6dddc643#post\">&#8220;further embarrassment&#8221;<\/a>\u00a0over his ties to the late sex offender &#8211; new documents suggest Epstein\u00a0<a class=\"ssrcss-6mgqu7-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/live\/clynp40ekrdt?post=asset%3A024e1511-b0b4-48dd-ab21-e76b71bc7e3b#post\">paid him $75,000<\/a>\u00a0in three separate transactions in 2003 and 2004<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Mandelson says he has no record of the payments to himself. He believes they are &#8220;false&#8221; but says they need &#8220;investigating by me&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">A Labour Party spokesperson says Mandelson was\u00a0<a class=\"ssrcss-6mgqu7-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/live\/clynp40ekrdt?post=asset%3Abe925c80-9367-4e4d-8b92-3508686646fe#post\">facing disciplinary action before he resigned<\/a>, adding &#8220;it is right&#8221; he&#8217;s no longer a member of the party<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Tory party leader Kemi Badenoch calls for a &#8220;full Cabinet Office investigation&#8221; into Mandelson&#8217;s links to Epstein, while Lib Dem leader Ed Davey says Mandelson should be stripped of his peerage<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The latest documents, released in the US on Friday, also include\u00a0<a class=\"ssrcss-6mgqu7-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/live\/clynp40ekrdt?post=asset%3A89ee53a4-9d56-4701-9d2e-21323501a9ba#post\">pictures of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; a lawyer for Epstein&#8217;s victims says the former prince\u00a0<a class=\"ssrcss-6mgqu7-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/live\/clynp40ekrdt?post=asset%3A0b518c81-56a3-480b-beb9-d2251b6b1d45#post\">should now testify in the US<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>____<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/live\/clynp40ekrdt\">https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/live\/clynp40ekrdt<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49651","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49651","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=49651"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49651\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=49651"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=49651"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=49651"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}