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The Lesley Riddoch Podcast

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The Lesley Riddoch Podcast

Lesley Riddoch and Fraser Thompson

Politics, Scottish Independence, Society & Culture, Scottish Politics, Uk Politics, News, Political Chat, Political Commentary

4.6274 Ratings

🗓️ 3 February 2026

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

In this week’s episode, we discuss the Labour Party cheerfully throwing Peter Mandelson under the bus. We look at the allegations and the possible police investigation that's been called for by the SNP and others after leaks of sensitive information by him to Jeffrey Epstein. 

Everybody is deciding that he betrayed the country, that they're shocked and horrified by these allegations, and yet, Mandelson was a repeat offender in terms of breaking the rules, and Kier Starmer put him right back at the top of government yet again. We look at the further damage to the UK PM’s reputation and the sorry state of the Westminster Government. We ponder how this reflects on his right-hand man, Morgan McSweeney? And what does it say about the House of Lords and our so-called democracy when this man cannot have his peerage stripped away?

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0:00.0

So everyone is now in the Labour Party throwing Peter Mandelson cheerfully under the bus

0:05.1

in regard to the police investigation that's going on after leaks of sensitive information by him to Geoffrey Epstein.

0:13.6

He is potentially being reviewed for alleged misconduct in public office because of all the emails that were

0:22.2

published recently relating to his time as business secretary in 2009. Everybody is deciding that

0:28.3

he betrayed the country, that they're shocked and horrified by these allegations. And yet,

0:33.6

Mandelson was a repeat offender in terms of breaking the rules, breaking the law, and yet here he was right at the top of government yet again.

0:43.5

How does this reflect on Kier-Starmer?

0:47.1

How does it reflect on his right-hand man, Morgan McSweeney?

0:52.0

And how does it reflect on the House of Lords and our so-called

0:55.0

democracy when this man cannot have his peerage stripped away? Those are the headlines now for the

1:01.5

podcast. Well, hi folks and welcome to this week's Leslie Rinnock podcast. It's been another exciting

1:07.9

week for the UK Labour Party with other developments off and on.

1:13.5

God Almighty, I can't imagine any time.

1:16.7

I'm trying to rack my brains of a situation where I could be photographed in really naft pants

1:22.8

and somehow have absolutely no recollection of it.

1:26.4

I had received 75 grand and have to double check

1:30.2

because I couldn't remember, and just be a wee bit bewildered by the whole thing, never mind

1:35.4

having leaked secret government information at the time of national crises. I mean, where to

1:41.7

even begin with this list. But all of it is like this.

1:45.3

I mean, when you start looking at all the people who were taken in, you know, okay, so

1:49.9

Mandelson's in Deep Doodoo now because of Jeffrey Epstein.

1:55.2

And when you start looking at the people who've been taken in by, you know, with the last

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