{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/3b497baf-71cb-4c27-ae5a-f1e801822221/6981ed5b13c1477af21ac5f1?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"How the Mandelson scandal threatens Starmer","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/621f5d0f4892fde41624d4ac/1770122576406-4e6f6271-b1d5-489e-9797-834f76fb51cc.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>The extraordinary emails between Peter Mandelson and Jeffrey Epstein could constitute the biggest scandal since the Profumo affair. Lord Mandelson has quit the Lords but it's a bit more complicated than that, and the prime minister still has a lot of firefighting to do.</p><p><br></p><p>Steven Swinford, political editor, The Times</p><p>Caroline Wheeler, political editor, The Sunday Times</p><p>Patrick Maguire, chief political commentator, The Times</p><p><br></p><p>Producer: Euan Dawtrey</p><p>Executive producer: Molly Guinness</p><p><br></p><p>Picture credit: Getty Images</p><p><br></p><p>Email us: <a href=\"mailto:thestateofit@thetimes.co.uk\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">thestateofit@thetimes.co.uk</a></p>","author_name":"The Times"}