Mandel In The Wind – Will the scandal destroy Starmer too?

Oh God, What Now?

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News, Society & Culture, Politics

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🗓️ 5 February 2026

⏱️ 57 minutes

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“I’m Mandy – buy me.” Peter Mandelson’s career finally collapses in a scandal more poisonous than Profumo, more serious than Partygate, and more shameful than Suez. How did Mandelson get away with his shifty behaviour for so long? Will Starmer’s errors of judgment taint his government irrevocably? And how come it’s on British figures like Mandelson and Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor who are suffering the consequences of their associations with Epstein? ESCAPE ROUTES • Raf recommends the app DJay Pro for Mac, Windows, iOS and Android. • Ros went to see the National Theatre production of Terence Rattigan’s Man And Boy. • Jonn is watching A Knight Of The Seven Kingdoms, the Game of Thrones spin-off, on Sky Atlantic. • Andrew recommends the Marvel series Wonder Man on Disney+. www.patreon.com/ohgodwhatnow Presented by Andrew Harrison with Jonn Elledge, Ros Taylor and Rafael Behr. Audio Production by Robin Leeburn and Tom Taylor. Art direction: James Parrett. Theme tune by Cornershop. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. OH GOD, WHAT NOW? is a Podmasters production. www.podmasters.co.uk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:57.6	Thank you. thousand pounds savings or investments with h sbc uk or premier status abroad hello and welcome back to oh god what now your alternative for uplifting quality entertainment if you can't get a ticket for the milania movie I'm Andrew Harrison on today's edition, The Fall of the House of Mandelson.
2:05.0	After years of impunity and arrogance, the former Prince of Darkness
2:08.0	finally vanishes under the waves of slees that foam around Epstein Island.
2:13.3	How did he stay on top for so long?
2:15.4	Why was so many senior labour figures so entranced by this emollient figure,
2:19.6	with a weakness for the high life and a record of scandal?
2:22.3	Plus, the Gorton and Denton by-election is coming on Thursday the 26th of February,
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