Epstein controversy weighs on UK prime minister's 'fragile' future
USA TODAY
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer faces intense pressure following resignations from his cabinet tied to the Jeffrey Epstein scandal.
With a series of resignations in his cabinet linked to another batch of documents related to Jeffrey Epstein being released, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer is under fire, even though he never knew the convicted sex offender, experts say.
"His position is extremely fragile," Brendan O'Leary, Political Science Chair at the University of Pennsylvania, told USA TODAY about Starmer, who won in a landslide victory in 2024 that ended 14 years of Conservative party rule. "The Prime Minister is definitely looking over his shoulder."
Although Starmer is not named in any of the Epstein files, his political struggles are connected to Peter Mandelson, a friend of Epstein, as the ambassador to the United States. Mandelson was fired as ambassador in September 2025 after further details of his relationship with Epstein emerged.
More details of Mandelson's ties to the disgraced late financier became public when the latest round of documents from the Justice Department revealed Mandelson corresponded with Epstein after the financier became a registered sex offender in 2009.
Mandelson also resigned from the House of Lords, the upper chamber of Britain’s parliament, this month and faces a potential investigation into misconduct in public office, O'Leary added.
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