Peter Mandelson should hand back US ambassador payoff or give it to charity, says minister – UK politics live

Foreign Office says it will review payoff given to Mandelson after he was sackedPat McFadden said Peter Mandelson, a former EU trade commissioner and ex-business secretary, was appointed ambassador to the US because he was seen as a skilled political operator with the Trump administration.The work and pensions secretary told Sky News:In the end the judgment was, they were looking for someone who could operate at the highest political level with the Trump administration, who knew business, who knew trade.Now that turns out to have been the wrong decision, and it’s blown up in the most spectacular manner. But it’s important for your viewers to understand why on earth was this appointment made in the first place, and that is the reason.I believe he (the prime minister) should stay. I think he’s got a five-year mandate, which was just voted for 18 months or so ago in a general election. His task is by no means complete, barely begun.And I also think it is not good for the country to change...


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