MayBee70
Would Mandelson have been appointed if Trump hadn’t regained the presidency? I, personally don’t think he would have been but with Trump you have to fight fire with fire and Mandelson was someone who had experience of the man. Things are happening because of his presidency that wouldn’t normally happen. Again I know I’m biased as a Labour supporter, though but I’m trying not to be.
I think Mandelson would have been appointed ambassador to Washington, no matter who won the presidency buthis name should never been in the frame, regardless of who won the presidency.
Throughout his career Mandelson has shown himslef to be duplicitous and untrustworthy. Back in 1996 when he was a cabinet member he accepted an interest free loan from a cabinet colleague whose financial dealings his department were dealing with, What is more the loan was not declared in the List of Member's interests.
He had to resign again a few years later when he tried to use his position to influence a passport application. Time and again we see him wining and dining on yachts and on holiday destinations with all the rag tag and bobtail of international life, dodgy dictators, oil barons, the likes of Epstein. Who in their right mind would consider him for a Washington posting. I can only assume that Starmer, like Trump, is not in his right mind.
As for AMW, his family are like all normal people and do not like washing their dirty linen in public. But when, a few months ago, the King announced his draconian actions on AMW, taking all his titles, and banishing him to a rundown farm house at the extremes of the Sandringham estate. The UK equivalent of being sent to Siberia, it was pretty clear then that this was because the King knew that there was more damning evidence due to come out of exactly what kind of unpleasant man and a disgrace t his family ANW really is.