Lord Peter Mandelson has gone on a charm offensive attempting to smooth over his past derogatory remarks about President Donald Trump as the Labour peer seeks to save his potential appointment as British ambassador to the United States.
Last month, British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer tapped Lord Mandelson to represent his government in Washington under the second Trump administration, replacing current envoy Dame Karen Pierce.
Mandelson, a veteran politico who served in the Labour governments of Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, is popularly referred to in Britain as the “Prince of Darkness” for his Machiavellian media manipulation and was one of the inspirations for the shouty-sweary comms boss Malcolm Tucker in Armando Iannucci’s The Tick of It Westminster comedy.
Now, the Labour grandee is attempting to distance himself from his own tongue amid concerns that…
