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Hello, I'm Alicia McCarthy.

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On Tuesday, the 16th of September, there were more questions for the Prime Minister

over his appointment of Lord Mandelson as the UK's ambassador to the United States.

An emergency debate had been requested by the veteran conservative backbencher, Sir David Davis,

who spent over half an hour forensically setting out the details of the friendship between Lord

Mandelson and Geoffrey Epstein and asking questions about his appointment as the UK's ambassador to the United States.

His conservative colleague, Sir Julian Lewis, had a more succinct summary of Peter Mandelson's downfall.

We've seen a rapid transformation from the Prince of Darkness into a grovelling Lord Yum Yum.

But he wondered why the Prime Minister had been surprised.

Had he never heard the tale

of the turtle and the scorpion

that meet at the side of the river,

shouldn't the Prime Minister have realised

that the poor old scorpion

simply can't help what's in its nature.

Sir Julian was putting that question to his party leader, Kemi Badernock.

She wanted the government to publish what she called the Epstein Files

and accused Sakea Stama of leading a government of sleaze and scandal.

He has shriveled from leadership.

He has dodged responsibility.

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