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Mandelson taking up the post in February 2025. The Labour Party grandee was sacked just seven months later, after documents released by a United States Congressional committee revealed new details about the depth
Labour party, he was previously the campaign director during the successful [2024 general election](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_United_Kingdom_general_election)  Morgan McSweeney. Photograph: Thomas Krych/Story Picture Agency/Shutterstock Morgan McSweeney [quit](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/feb/08/morgan-mcsweeney-resigns-as-keir-starmer-chief-of-staff)
parties in Downing Street during a pandemic lockdown he presided over. Starmer is alleged to have allowed his officials to bypass normal security vetting procedures to install the Labour veteran Peter Mandelson as ambassador
scandal as key figures give evidence to MPs - UK politics live From Good morning. The former US president Lyndon Johnson is credited with saying the most important skill in politics is knowing how to count
party over his links to Jeffrey Epstein. Photograph: US Department of Justice/AFP/Getty Images Peter Mandelson was appointed the UK’s ambassador to Washington in February 2025. He was sacked in September 2025 [after documents released