The Mandelson affair is a tale of arrogance & entitlement - the privileged them and the furious us, writes Andrew Marr
By Andrew Marr
It has been the day of the fightback. Keir Starmer absolutely laying into Peter Mandelson as a serial liar.
Sir Keir Starmer said Lord Peter Mandelson's "deceit is incompatible with public service…he portrayed Epstein as someone he barely knew, and when that became clear and it was not true, I sacked him.
Such deceit is incompatible with public service…no one is above accountability, and no one, however well connected, however experienced, however senior, should hold public office if they cannot meet the basic test of honesty.
Very good words. Will they be enough?
As I said yesterday, I also think the Prime Minister is a decent person who entered public life for the right reasons.
Being lied to is not a capital offence; but naïveté, when you’re Prime Minister, is........
