A Labour minister has suffered a car crash interview with the BBC‘s Laura Kuenssberg as the Government faces mounting pressure over Lord Mandelson’s links with Jeffrey Epstein. Peter Kyle was put on the spot on Kuenssberg’s Sunday morning current affairs show moments after the family of Virginia Giuffre, the woman allegedly groomed by the billionaire, who took her life earlier this year, said Mandelson should never have been appointed UK Ambassador to the US.
Pressed on the issue, Mr Kyle initially began by suggesting Mr Mandelson had been appointed during a time when the UK was trying to reset its relationship with Washington.
However, things rapidaly turned tense when Mr Kyle was repeatedly challenged about the vetting process which resulted in Mr Mandelson’s appointment, and refused to admit it was a mistake.
