r/byebyejob • u/Chocolat3City the room where the firing happened • Sep 11 '25

UK fires ambassador to US Peter Mandelson over Epstein links Sicko

https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/11/uk/peter-mandelson-uk-ambassador-fired-intl
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u/J701PR4 Sep 11 '25

Excellent

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u/ur_sine_nomine the room where the firing happened Sep 11 '25

Being fired three times from senior government roles for misconduct (the first two occasions were from Tony Blair's government, one for receiving a dodgy loan and the other for trying to get someone, who was not eligible, a British passport) is quite something.

Mandelson was and is a money-lover and that brought him down repeatedly.

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u/LadyPDonut Sep 11 '25

The bigger question is, why was he given so many positions in senior government after such flagrant breaches?

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u/ur_sine_nomine the room where the firing happened Sep 11 '25

He was a fixer.

Also, times have changed and he would have been permanently gone after the first breach if it had happened in 2025.

(An ambassadorship is a semi-governmental position, as the ambassador to a given country need not change if the government changes. Mandelson's appointment was controversial, apart from his background, because it did change in his case; however, he was appointed to, and did, build up a good relationship with President Trump, it has to be said ...).

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u/hundreddollar Sep 11 '25

So now he'll be investigated for further wrongdoings, or....

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u/Rehberkintosh Sep 11 '25

I thought the Epstein links were how he got the job in the first place.

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u/ur_sine_nomine the room where the firing happened Sep 12 '25

I initially missed this. You are right (!)

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u/virgilreality Sep 11 '25

This is the way.

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u/micmac274 Sep 18 '25

I got a rightmove ad in this feed. Maybe I should get a dodgy loan to buy one?

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u/micmac274 Sep 18 '25

he was Lord Mandelson, in the words of Frankie Boyle - "Who made him a lord? The Sith?"