Mandelson added that his (Epstein’s) legal ‘troubles’ simply ‘just could not happen in Britain’! The day before Mandelson’s sacking, Starmer was defending his appointment, insisting in Parliament on Wednesday that he had confidence in the ambassador and that ‘full due process was followed’ during his appointment to the post. The Labour government has refused to release any details of this ‘due process’ that gave Mandelson the all-clear to pick up another lucrative job in Washington. The TUC conference this week ducked any call to organise action against this Labour government and its attacks on workers. This must mobilise the working class for a general strike to bring down the Starmer regime and bring in a Workers Government that will nationalise the banks and the major industries and base itself on the establishment of Councils of Action to run the country.