{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6b2fc9ba-b9b7-4b7a-b980-e0024facd926/6985fc989a20cfbf33be057f?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"What did Starmer already know about Mandelson and Epstein?","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/61b9f75c1a8cbe0c083cee79/1770387453999-cbd962f7-afeb-44b0-a656-f1f36d9aacea.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>The Labour government is fighting for its life as the Peter Mandelson scandal continues to unfold.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Yesterday, Keir Starmer apologised for believing Mandelson's \"lies\" and appointing him as US ambassador when his friendship with the paedophile Jeffrey Epstein was public knowledge.</p><p><br></p><p>Now, senior government figures are preparing to hand over private messages between Mandelson and Starmer’s top team.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Editor Tom McTague is joined by Jim Pickard, deputy political editor at the Financial Times, whose reporting cracked open this shocking story.&nbsp;</p>","author_name":"The New Statesman"}