Ex-Foreign Office chief says Mandelson’s Epstein links were ‘potentially difficult’ but he wasn’t consulted
No 10 ‘uninterested’ in Barton’s concerns over appointment, he claimspublished at 09:55 BST 09:55 BST MP Richard Foord now asks Barton for more detail about why he initially had reservations around Lord Mandelson’s appointment. Barton responds that it was because of Mandelson’s known associations with Jeffrey Epstein, which he suggests was a “toxic hot potato”…
