Politics
Streeting tries to distance himself from Mandelson
Sentient forehead and Labour big man Wes Streeting has come out swinging for Mandelson. Specifically, he’s told the BBC that the key issue is people failed to believe Epstein’s victims.
Streeting says Epsteins victims werent believed
The govt appointed Mandelson knowing he’d stayed at Epsteins house after Epsteins conviction for soliciting prostitution from a minor. Its clear Wes & this govt didnt care about Epsteins victims until politically expedient to do so pic.twitter.com/97nvhcPFlp
— Saul Staniforth (@SaulStaniforth) February 4, 2026
The problem is that the people who didn’t believe the victims includes the government Streeting is a part of. After all, why would they have promoted Mandelson otherwise, when they knew about his connections to Epstein?
Streeting — the allegations
Don’t get me wrong, it’s wonderful that Streeting has managed to pull himself away from privatising our NHS to stand up for the victims, but all is not as it seems.
Streeting’s Twitter/X history shows that he was silent on Epstein until this morning. This was despite years of actual women coming forward, and the known links between Mandelson and Epstein.
Additionally, it seems Streeting has only mentioned Mandelson himself a few times at first glance. But that doesn’t factor in the tweets he’s recently deleted:
🚨NEW: Health Secretary Wes Streeting has today deleted a post in which he referred to Peter Mandelson as his mother’s “new mate”
This follows Lord Mandelson’s departure from the Labour Party yesterday, amid renewed scrutiny over his past relationship with the late convicted sex… pic.twitter.com/JtQFqQUI78
— GB Politics (@GBPolitcs) February 2, 2026
And why did Wes Streeting delete these tweets?
Did he think that nobody would notice? pic.twitter.com/ydFd2lASIN
— Owen Jones (@owenjonesjourno) February 4, 2026
It appears Streeting is trying to keep his relationship with Mandelson quiet. When Streeting was running for office, it appears Mandelson joined him on his campaign trail. Not only that, but he joined the “Sunday Supper Club”, which was an exclusive group Mandelson frequently attended.
‘Protect women’ is political posturing
With no previous mentions of Epstein, this seems to be political posturing. And at a time when Starmer’s position is weakened as prime minister, this is obviously a transparent attempt to undermine him in preparation for a future leadership challenge.
Featured image via BBC