September 11, 2025 • 5 mins
British Labour MPs are breaking ranks to call for Lord Peter Mandelson to be sacked over his ties to Jeffrey Epstein.
Sir Keir Starmer is facing growing pressure from within his own party to sack the British Ambassador to the United States over his friendship with the late financier and convicted paedophile.
UK correspondent Enda Brady unpacked the backlash further.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
In the Brady UK correspondence with us Hello, Inda.
Speaker 2 (00:03):
Hey Heather. Good to speak to you again, right, so
are you.
Speaker 1 (00:05):
I looked at this has a story and I thought, oh,
that's lovely. He got to see his dead for an hour.
You looked at it and went his dad gave him
less than an hour.
Speaker 2 (00:14):
What's going after nineteen months? After nineteen months, forty five
minutes and a cup of tea after nineteen months. Ex Look,
you can see Charles's thinking And I think the people
who'll be really annoyed about this meeting taking place at
all are the insiders behind the scenes that who Harry's
mother referred to as the men in gray suits, because
(00:34):
they will now be worrying that there will be a
podcast next week or Oprah Winfrey will suddenly pop around
with a TV crew of twenty and every word that
was said inside the Palace yesterday evenings Clarence House yesterday
evening will be made public. But I guess it's the
beginning of healing between father and son. But interestingly, absolutely
(00:56):
no sign of William this week on Harry's radar.
Speaker 1 (00:58):
No, not at all. I mean, this will be the test,
won't it, Because Harry has to prove himself, so they
will tell him things. They'll have conversations and see whether
it comes out or not.
Speaker 2 (01:08):
Yeah, and look, if you wanted to be really twisted,
you could have told him an awful lot of lies
and waited for it to hit the media. You know.
It's just a fascinating dynamic. But I think he is
moving in the direction of travel, that he wants to
spend more time in the UK. Major donation to knife
crime charity in Nottingham the other day two million dollars.
(01:30):
He's talking about being here more often. But where is
Megan in all of this? Because I don't think she
ever I don't think she ever wants to look at
Europe again, unless it's with some A list celebs in
the Malfi and the coast in Italy.
Speaker 1 (01:41):
What are you suggesting, Hinda.
Speaker 2 (01:44):
I don't know. I just think long term, perhaps young
Loll van Doll it's cracked up to be.
Speaker 1 (01:48):
Are you just asking some questions?
Speaker 2 (01:50):
Are you in my head? In my head hypothetically?
Speaker 1 (01:54):
Listen, we've lived a life, haven't we. We know how
this thing often goes. Now, talk to me about Peter Mandelssohn.
What are the chances that he gets the sick.
Speaker 2 (02:02):
So Starmar sticking by like the wind next week is big.
The timing of this is crucial. So for anyone who
hasn't followed, it's Peter Mandelsson is Labor Royalty. He was
the architect of New Labor. He helped Tony Blair could
not have happened without Mandelssohn. So he's been embedded in
the UK political establishment for decades. Turns out he was
(02:25):
very very good pals with Jeffrey Epstein. Now pictures have
appeared of Mandelssohn lounging in a dressing gown, chatting and
having breakfast with Epstein on the island, all looking very
very cozy. Now I should point out that there is
absolutely no suggestion Mandelson has done anything wrong or was
involved in criminality that we know Epstein was. And Mandelson
(02:46):
is a gay man, so he would have no interest
in what Epstein was doing with girls categorically. But I
think the question marks being raised are over his judgment,
you know, being around this guy. Mandelsson has come out
and said this week that he he deeply regrets ever
meeting Jeffrey Epstein and that there's more to come. He's
gone on a podcast yesterday and he said, actually embarrassingly,
(03:08):
there would be more information to come. So it was
clear that he was very very close to Epstein. This
is causing Starmer a problem. And into the mixed. Next
week we have Donald Trump coming and Mandlsson is the
UK's ambassador to America.
Speaker 1 (03:22):
Yeah, well Mandlelsson is s Matt and he knows how
PR works and he knows it's drip trip trip right,
so he will be aware that if he is being
taken down that there will be a constant leaking of information, right, Yes,
So I.
Speaker 2 (03:33):
Think Sunday will be the key day in all of this,
the Sunday newspapers, if they've got a lot more and
I think with Mandleson and Epstein it will be more
business or more who did Epstein want him to lean
on or introduce him to? You know, I just think
Tony Blair's name might get brought into the mix. It's
just very embarrassing for everyone that mandelson but was duped.
(03:57):
But like he says, this was a very charismatic criminal
who fooled everyone. But Mandleson is as sharp as attack
and as sharp as he is today. Thirty years ago
he was even Sharper, So I'm a bit surprised.
Speaker 1 (04:11):
Fare enough, Hey tell me quickly what the award is
That Jeremy Clarkson's got.
Speaker 2 (04:15):
National Television Awards, so he won Best Factual Program last night.
And the standard of TV in the UK is very,
very tough, so Clarkson turned up. Clarkson's Farm won and
it won big and all the characters were there with him.
Caleb Cooper, the young Oxfordshire farmer who's turned into an
agricultural superstar. He was there, Clarkson's partner Lisa Charlie, cheerful
(04:37):
Charlie who always breaks the bad news about the realities
of farming and finance to Jeremy, and he was very
very funny. Clarkson, I have to hand it to him.
He has done more for farming in the UK and anywhere.
I would say, remember because having spent childhood summers on
my grandparents dairy farm in Ireland, I've seen how hard
it is to make a living out of the land
(05:00):
and Tackson just shows you that.
Speaker 1 (05:01):
Yeah too right, and it always good to talk to
you mate. We'll talk to you next week. Indo Brady,
UK correspondent.
Speaker 2 (05:06):
For more from hither, Duplessy Allen Drive. Listen live to
news talks it'd be from four pm weekdays, or follow
the podcast on iHeartRadio
In the Brady UK correspondence with us Hello, Inda.
Speaker 2 (00:03):
Hey Heather. Good to speak to you again, right, so
are you.
Speaker 1 (00:05):
I looked at this has a story and I thought, oh,
that's lovely. He got to see his dead for an hour.
You looked at it and went his dad gave him
less than an hour.
Speaker 2 (00:14):
What's going after nineteen months? After nineteen months, forty five
minutes and a cup of tea after nineteen months. Ex Look,
you can see Charles's thinking And I think the people
who'll be really annoyed about this meeting taking place at
all are the insiders behind the scenes that who Harry's
mother referred to as the men in gray suits, because
(00:34):
they will now be worrying that there will be a
podcast next week or Oprah Winfrey will suddenly pop around
with a TV crew of twenty and every word that
was said inside the Palace yesterday evenings Clarence House yesterday
evening will be made public. But I guess it's the
beginning of healing between father and son. But interestingly, absolutely
(00:56):
no sign of William this week on Harry's radar.
Speaker 1 (00:58):
No, not at all. I mean, this will be the test,
won't it, Because Harry has to prove himself, so they
will tell him things. They'll have conversations and see whether
it comes out or not.
Speaker 2 (01:08):
Yeah, and look, if you wanted to be really twisted,
you could have told him an awful lot of lies
and waited for it to hit the media. You know.
It's just a fascinating dynamic. But I think he is
moving in the direction of travel, that he wants to
spend more time in the UK. Major donation to knife
crime charity in Nottingham the other day two million dollars.
(01:30):
He's talking about being here more often. But where is
Megan in all of this? Because I don't think she
ever I don't think she ever wants to look at
Europe again, unless it's with some A list celebs in
the Malfi and the coast in Italy.
Speaker 1 (01:41):
What are you suggesting, Hinda.
Speaker 2 (01:44):
I don't know. I just think long term, perhaps young
Loll van Doll it's cracked up to be.
Speaker 1 (01:48):
Are you just asking some questions?
Speaker 2 (01:50):
Are you in my head? In my head hypothetically?
Speaker 1 (01:54):
Listen, we've lived a life, haven't we. We know how
this thing often goes. Now, talk to me about Peter Mandelssohn.
What are the chances that he gets the sick.
Speaker 2 (02:02):
So Starmar sticking by like the wind next week is big.
The timing of this is crucial. So for anyone who
hasn't followed, it's Peter Mandelsson is Labor Royalty. He was
the architect of New Labor. He helped Tony Blair could
not have happened without Mandelssohn. So he's been embedded in
the UK political establishment for decades. Turns out he was
(02:25):
very very good pals with Jeffrey Epstein. Now pictures have
appeared of Mandelssohn lounging in a dressing gown, chatting and
having breakfast with Epstein on the island, all looking very
very cozy. Now I should point out that there is
absolutely no suggestion Mandelson has done anything wrong or was
involved in criminality that we know Epstein was. And Mandelson
(02:46):
is a gay man, so he would have no interest
in what Epstein was doing with girls categorically. But I
think the question marks being raised are over his judgment,
you know, being around this guy. Mandelsson has come out
and said this week that he he deeply regrets ever
meeting Jeffrey Epstein and that there's more to come. He's
gone on a podcast yesterday and he said, actually embarrassingly,
(03:08):
there would be more information to come. So it was
clear that he was very very close to Epstein. This
is causing Starmer a problem. And into the mixed. Next
week we have Donald Trump coming and Mandlsson is the
UK's ambassador to America.
Speaker 1 (03:22):
Yeah, well Mandlelsson is s Matt and he knows how
PR works and he knows it's drip trip trip right,
so he will be aware that if he is being
taken down that there will be a constant leaking of information, right, Yes,
So I.
Speaker 2 (03:33):
Think Sunday will be the key day in all of this,
the Sunday newspapers, if they've got a lot more and
I think with Mandleson and Epstein it will be more
business or more who did Epstein want him to lean
on or introduce him to? You know, I just think
Tony Blair's name might get brought into the mix. It's
just very embarrassing for everyone that mandelson but was duped.
(03:57):
But like he says, this was a very charismatic criminal
who fooled everyone. But Mandleson is as sharp as attack
and as sharp as he is today. Thirty years ago
he was even Sharper, So I'm a bit surprised.
Speaker 1 (04:11):
Fare enough, Hey tell me quickly what the award is
That Jeremy Clarkson's got.
Speaker 2 (04:15):
National Television Awards, so he won Best Factual Program last night.
And the standard of TV in the UK is very,
very tough, so Clarkson turned up. Clarkson's Farm won and
it won big and all the characters were there with him.
Caleb Cooper, the young Oxfordshire farmer who's turned into an
agricultural superstar. He was there, Clarkson's partner Lisa Charlie, cheerful
(04:37):
Charlie who always breaks the bad news about the realities
of farming and finance to Jeremy, and he was very
very funny. Clarkson, I have to hand it to him.
He has done more for farming in the UK and anywhere.
I would say, remember because having spent childhood summers on
my grandparents dairy farm in Ireland, I've seen how hard
it is to make a living out of the land
(05:00):
and Tackson just shows you that.
Speaker 1 (05:01):
Yeah too right, and it always good to talk to
you mate. We'll talk to you next week. Indo Brady,
UK correspondent.
Speaker 2 (05:06):
For more from hither, Duplessy Allen Drive. Listen live to
news talks it'd be from four pm weekdays, or follow
the podcast on iHeartRadio
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