In February 2017, at an event organised by the Jewish Chronicle, Peter Mandelson was recorded speaking about then Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn. Mandelson said: “I work every single day in some small way to bring forward the end of his tenure.” He even gave examples of his efforts, “maybe an e-mail, a phone call, or a meeting I convene.” Following the release of the latest tranche of the Jeffrey Epstein files, which reveal the dark extent of Mandelson’s friendship with the convicted paedophile, the British police have raided his home. But Mandelson’s motivations have been plain to see long before these documents came to light.
