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News - 10 September 2025

Mandelson’s latest Epstein defence is utterly damning

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Willem Moore

@willem_moore


A tetchy Peter Mandelson has expressed “regret” over his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein in a new interview. His excuses aren’t landing, however, as the friendship between the two continued after Epstein’s conviction. This raises an obvious question: is Mandelson competent enough to represent the UK on the global stage when he failed to sever ties with a convicted sex offender?

“Grovelling UK ambassador” Peter Mandelson and Epstein

Earlier this week, newly released files on Epstein revealed more about his close relationship with Mandelson:

To be clear, this wasn’t the first time we learned about the relationship:

On 10 September, the US Sun‘s Harry Cole (editor-at-large) released an interview with Mandelson on his YouTube channel Harry Cole Saves the West. 

As the channel only has 234 subscribers at the time of writing, we’re not sure Mr Cole is well positioned to save anything. He certainly hasn’t saved Mandelson’s career, anyway, although maybe that’s by design given the framing:

If you’re familiar with Harry Cole, alarm bells may be ringing, as you’re no doubt familiar with the man’s tweet history (as immortalised by the WayBack Machine):

Harry Cole tweet which reads 'Starbucks is full of jailbait. Suddenly feel quite old. Giggity'

For those who are unfamiliar, “giggity” was the catchphrase of Glen Quagmire, the “sex-crazed, perverted neighbour” in Family Guy. “Jailbait“, meanwhile, is a term used by people like Jeffry Epstein to describe the young women he lured to his island.

As this is a bigger story in the UK than America, it’s odd that Mandelson chose to appear on a poorly-subscribed American YouTube channel instead of the BBC or Sky News. Perhaps Mandelson expected an easier ride from a Rupert Murdoch affiliate, although the situation means that even the softest questions are damning, which is no doubt why Mandelson seemed tetchy throughout the interview.

“Cringe-worthy reading”

The video began with Cole asking:

Ambassador, you’ve been in the news of late. This 10-page birthday letter you wrote Jeffrey Epstein, admittedly 5 years before his first conviction

Looking irritated, Mandelson interrupted to say:

Over 20 years ago.

We’re not sure what point he wanted to make here. Mandelson is 71, so would have been close to 50 at the time – i.e. he can’t chalk it up to youthful indiscretion. Cole cut back in to note the letter was:

five years before he was convicted. Makes for pretty cringe-worthy reading. I have two questions on that really. How does it feel to see those words blasted across the world? And how do you think it feels to those people who are fighting Epstein for justice?

Mandelson responded:

I find them very embarrassing to see and to read. But as as you say, they were written before he was indicted.

This is true, but they weren’t written before Epstein was actively abusing women. The question, then, is did Mandelson know what Epstein was up to, and did he engage in similar behaviours?

Dipping out of the interview, this is what Mandelson wrote in the birthday letter from the recent Epstein files release (emphasis added):

Once upon a time, an intelligent, sharp-witted man they call “mysterious” parachuted into my life.

You would spend many hours just waiting for him to turn up.

And often, no sooner were you getting used to having him around, you would suddenly be alone…. again.

Leaving you with some “interesting” friends to entertain instead….

Or just some dogs to keep you company (he wasn’t always so keen on them)

But then he would parachute back in…

Very occasionally, taking you by surprise in some far off places

Or in one of his glorious homes he likes to share with his friends (yum yum)

But, wherever he is in the world, he remains my best pal!

Happy birthday, Jeffrey we love you!!

Yum fucking yum, is it?

Here’s a note from Donald Trump in the same birthday book (emphasis added):

Voice over

There must be more to life than having everything.

Donald

Yes, there is, but I won’t tell you what it is.

Jeffrey [sic]

Nor will I, since I also know what it is.

Donald

We have certain things in common, Jeffrey.

Jeffrey

Yes, we do, come to think of it.

Donald

Enigmas never age, have you noticed that?

Jeffrey

As a matter of fact, it was clear to me the last time I saw you.

Donald

A pal is a wonderful thing. Happy birthday – and may every day be another wonderful secret.

Do these read like normal birthday messages to you?

Or do they read like the barely concealed innuendo of men who are up to no good?

The ‘fell for it again’ award

Mandelson didn’t utter the word “sorry” in the video, but he did ‘express regret’ multiple times, including here:

I just feel two things now. One, I feel a tremendous sense a profound sense of sympathy for those people, those women, who suffered as a result of his behaviour and his illegal criminal activities. And secondly, I regret very, very deeply indeed carrying on that association with him for far longer than I should have done… Oh, it was it was a it was a matter of years after I initially met him. And I regret very much that uh I fell for his lies. I fell and accepted assurances that he had given me uh about his uh indictment – his original criminal case in Florida.

Like very many people, I took at face value what he said.

Later in the interview, Mandelson claims he never saw any wrongdoing, but the above is damning enough.

He openly admits he was hoodwinked by Epstein; how is he supposed to navigate the American political landscape if he’s stupid enough to be taken in by whatever some wealthy creep tells him? American politics is wealthy creeps all the way down!

More to come

Cole later put it to Mandelson that:

as someone who is potentially named in them, would you have any problem with [the so-called ‘Epstein files’] being published?

Mandelson responded

I don’t believe I’m named in Epstein files.

This is a very strange response give he was most definitely in the most recently released files on Epstein. It’s also contradicted by what he said next (emphasis added):

I have no doubt at all that there’s a lot of [correspondence] between us. Absolutely. And we know those are going to surface. We know they’re going to come out. We know they’re going to be very embarrassing.

Why does he know they’re going to be embarrassing?

Because they wouldn’t be embarrassing if he hadn’t done anything to be embarrassed about, surely?

Recent releases have certainly cast him in an unflattering light, anyway, including those which detailed a business deal involving Epstein from when Mandelson was the business secretary.

Mandelson finished by saying:

I haven’t discussed it with either the president or the uh prime minister. And I hope that I’m doing a good enough job

It’s shocking that Mandelson didn’t run this interview by the PM first. Maybe it’s because Mandelson knew Starmer would back him no matter what, as became clear later in the day:

People had other thoughts too:

Disrepute

This is probably the most shameful moment in Mandelson’s career, which is really saying something given he had to resign in disgrace not once but twice under Blair.

It seems like it’s a case of ‘when’ he’ll go rather than ‘if’ at this point, and the longer the he stays in position, the more it tells us about the poor judgement of Keir Starmer.

Featured image via Harry Cole Saves the West / Epstein Releases





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