Mark Andrews takes a wry look at the week's news

Is this really the end for Peter Mandelson? Exiled from the Labour Party, no longer sitting in the House of Lords, and now facing a police investigation, this is surely one of the biggest falls from high office since John Stonehouse.

If he really did hand crucial secrets to a convicted paedophile in exchange for money and freebies, it is hard to see how he even he, the most unashamed of comeback kings, can really recover from this one. Particularly as allegations are now emerging that Epstein may have been on the Russian payroll. It certainly puts Partygate into perspective.

Inevitably, people are asking why Sir Keir Starmer appointed him US ambassador, although those more cynical than myself might suggest the whole affair makes Mandelson ideally qualified for........

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