Tulip Siddiq faces possible Interpol intervention

In yet another Labour scandal, MP Tulip Siddiq is facing an Interpol red notice request from Bangladesh. A court has ordered authorities to seek her arrest on corruption charges related to a real estate project.

This follows three previous convictions in absentia sentencing her to six years in prison for separate corruption cases involving her aunt, former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

The Guardian reported that:

Bangladesh’s anti-corruption commission has alleged Siddiq used her relationship with her aunt, the former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, to influence the allocation of a plot of state-owned land in Dhaka’s Gulshan district to a private company. Siddiq has rejected the claim as baseless and politically motivated.

Tulip Siddiq: web of deceit

Of course, Tulip Siddiq is another one of the many considered to be in Peter Mandelson’s circle. Siddiq received a donation of £35,835 from Global Counsel in November 2023. 

Mandelson co-owned Global Counsel, a lobbying company that helped corporations “see opportunities in politics, regulation and public policy.” It built “a lucrative business from his political contacts built up while a minister under Tony Blair and Gordon Brown.”

Global Counsel went into administration following the latest Epstein revelations as host of household names — including Tesco, Bank of America, and Barclays fled the “Britain’s most influential public affairs agencies.”

Sharmen Rahman, Green Party spokesperson for Equalities & Diversity, shared the news quipping “Mandelson approved Quality candidates update.”

Seems like Mandelson’s clique can’t catch a break.

Greens have previously also questioned how much Starmer has known about the crimes of colleagues associated with Mandelson:

Bubbling scandal

Siddiq resigned as Treasury minister in January 2025 after Bangladesh’s anti-corruption commission filed a case against her and her family, investigating corruption and embezzlement under her aunt Sheikh Hasina’s ousted regime.

She also referred herself to the independent adviser on ministerial standards, Laurie Magnus, who found she had not breached the ministerial code. As it happens, Magnus is also the man Keir Starmer is calling on to “fast-track” an investigation into Josh Simons, who accidentally leaked to a WhatsApp group that he’s already been told he’s in the clear. Whoops.

So yes, Laurie Magnus will likely be back once again to ahem clear another Labour figure of wrongdoing.