Mandelson Resigns From House Of Lords Over 'Embarrassing' Epstein Scandal
(www.zerohedge.com)https://www.zerohedge.com/political/former-uk-cabinet-minister-accused-leaking-bombshell-financial-data-epsteinUpdate(1023ET): One welcome immediate repercussion to the fresh Epstein dump of millions of files is that things have finally started happening in terms of a real domino effect in elite circles...
Lord Mandelson, ex-ambassador to U.S., resigns from Labour over Epstein.
Still, all of this might be happening slower than what one might want to see, but it's something when for example NPR is actually doing segments on the Epstein scandals surrounding Bill Gates and others, for example.
On Mandelson, to review one key aspect to what we detail below, he gave Jeffrey Epstein advance notice of a €500bn bailout to save the Euro, messaging Epstein about the bailout on the evening of May 9, 2010 - after which it was formally announced the following morning.
Then Labour's Business Secretary had forwarded No. 10 documents on economic assessments, asset sales, an EU bailout tip - among other interactions with his "pal". To review, something big was expected amid the "embarrassing" scandal and confirmation of corrupt insider wrongdoing:
By Sunday, a shocked Mandelson (he was not expecting the release) has quit the Labour party, citing a desire to prevent “further embarrassment”. Labour says that disciplinary action was already “under way”. By phone that night, the grandson of the party grandee Herbert Morrison tells me of his decision it “wasn’t easy”, but he feels “better for it as I need to reset”.
His resignation might be the start of further legal action, as MPs are already lobbying that he never be able to return to government or positions of power:
Baroness Harriet Harman, who was leader of the Commons when Lord Mandelson was business secretary, says Mandelson has "cast a stain over not just this government, but over politics as a whole".
She tells BBC Radio 4's Today programme: "I'm sure the government are in absolutely no doubt about the seriousness of it, and will be taking action and Peter Mandelson will be held accountable."
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Former U.K. Cabinet minister Peter Mandelson - who was fired last September from his new role as ambassador to the United States due to his ties to Jeffrey Epstein - is facing mounting political and legal pressure following disclosures that he may have shared market-sensitive government information with Epstein during the global financial crisis.
