UNITED STATES PERSPECTIVE

The New York Times devotes three articles to the affair. The first details how Mandelson, despite documented links to Epstein, became UK ambassador to the United States while slipping through vetting cracks. The second reports the firing of a senior civil servant presented as responsible for the failure. The third is an editorial calling the revelations a 'body blow' to Starmer's credibility—the Prime Minister claims it is 'staggering' not to have been informed, but critics argue he should have known. The NYT notes this crisis hits at the worst moment for Anglo-American relations.