This is The Guardian.

I should not have appointed Peter Mandelson.

I take responsibility for that decision, and I apologise again to the victims of the paedophile Jeffrey

Epstein, who were clearly failed by my decision. This is a man who once said, I will carry the can

for the mistakes of any organisation I lead. He gives every impression of a Prime Minister in office,

but not in power.

I know many members across the House will find these facts to be incredible.

That man couldn't lie straight in bed.

Nobody told me anything. Nobody told me.

The question is, why didn't the Prime Minister ask?

I'm Pippa Carrera.

And I'm Kieran Stacey.

And you're listening to Politics Weekly.

For The Guardian.

Pippa, it's nice to be in the same room as you.

I feel like I haven't seen you for a week.

We're here in our little broom cupboard in the parliamentary estate,

but you actually haven't been in

Parliament very much in the last few days. You've been beavering away on a project that I knew

nothing about until last Thursday afternoon when it broke. And now the whole country knows about,

which was the latest story that might end up bringing down the Prime Minister. Just bring us up

to speed a little bit with what you've been doing and where we are with this story at the moment.

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