Explained: Why Epstein emails have become a ticking time bomb for Keir Starmer
The immediate spark was Starmer’s decision to publicly apologise to Epstein’s victims for appointing Peter Mandelson as Britain’s ambassador to the United States. The apology was unprecedented. A sitting prime minister saying sorry not for something he personally did, but for something he authorised, knowing it would reopen trauma for victims of one of the most notorious abusers of modern times.
The immediate spark was Starmer’s decision to publicly apologise to Epstein’s victims for appointing Peter Mandelson as Britain’s ambassador to the United States. The apology was unprecedented. A sitting prime minister saying sorry not for something he personally did, but for something he authorised, knowing it would reopen trauma for victims of one of the most notorious abusers of modern times.
