Mandelson was asked about his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein by the FT‘s George Parker:
“I regret ever meeting him or being introduced to him by his partner Ghislaine Maxwell… I regret even more the hurt he caused to many young women… I’m not going to go into this. It’s an FT obsession and frankly you can all fuck off. OK?”
Speaking to Sky News off the back of Rachel Reeves’ Air Passenger Duty hike, Ryanair chief executive Michael O’Leary said:
“Labour is dependent on those Red Wall seats, and yet every move she makes poisons economic growth and damages the UK’s recovery… it’s the Chancellor who stumbles from policy misstep to policy misstep… I think her policy decisions are incredibly stupid.”