No-one will be surprised (after the last week of so) that yesterday Peter Mandelson was arrested on suspicion of Misconduct in Public Office;

and, of course, scrambling to distance himself from Mandelson, Kier Starmer has now said that Mandelson 'lied repeatedly' about his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein.

Which is all very well but the behaviour he's been arrested for was his (Mandelson's) choice - its a character issue not a connections issue, really!

#PeterMandelson #politics
h/t FT