{"id":47306,"date":"2026-04-21T15:02:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T15:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/04\/21\/fired-former-uk-official-says-he-felt-political-pressure-to-approve-mandelson-as-us-ambassador-ap-news\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T15:02:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T15:02:00","slug":"fired-former-uk-official-says-he-felt-political-pressure-to-approve-mandelson-as-us-ambassador-ap-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/04\/21\/fired-former-uk-official-says-he-felt-political-pressure-to-approve-mandelson-as-us-ambassador-ap-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Fired former UK official says he felt political pressure to approve Mandelson as US ambassador &#8211; AP News"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMijgFBVV95cUxPckVsck1FOXRyYVZkbkcwbnFWVWd6NjF2ZFZjQjNSVm5QbGRxVm1ldHJEU2ROeWg4UDdCaXRhZVZ5SXBrMXhvRjluYnhhaEVDNW1GM2JUeWxHN2tUZ18xMy1NVUpHSjFXRUc1a2tpelIzY2NIb0w1Q2xIMERmd2t6ai1tQ3ZSc19LMTVZUWpn?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Fired former UK official says he felt political pressure to approve Mandelson as US ambassador<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">AP News<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMicEFVX3lxTE5KaEdMa1kzbG14R1k5MVVRMmJRZG9sZ2EwWGZUOGZ2QWFoWndId1lzSURrZFl0VzdrbXZPTnpsbGJMVXd3SUlKUXhIb3o0bUl2eFdUTW9CMm1JaGdrLU1RUjRtYWExcE9XZ2d5WGszZWQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Mood sours among Keir Starmer\u2019s allies over Peter Mandelson scandal<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Financial Times<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMinwFBVV95cUxQaWpuOEgzVGtxeWJLcWdrenNpUGRZMjJvYTQwRzdrS2tORHVyXzZERlQ1alM3blNzWlVzaXRMY0xCbkpUc09BakRLWU1Rb2l1b1B2Y1V2SzhGLVliZDljVEZPZHhJX3YyamY4cXJEQjVJYm01b1ZlUWNtRGdiM0UxVnd6SlVhb3F3cXU1eHFwa1NnLUVqNXg1OTR6QUVrUUU?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Opinion | Britain\u2019s Prime Minister Is on the Ropes<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">WSJ<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMimwFBVV95cUxPNXh4c29DdDloQl96QU1BUk5zZmwyUGl5UWV6ME4tN3lFX1Rnb21paGJoZFMtaEhFVDhoSWVWZ2JucHplNWtNNGlaRzA4czBOeTNoYzFveG9JU20wVzV2MTlVQVotODZ4LWxPaDVTcFJka1hLbkM3djE4T1piYWtxZ3EzSzRSRFZXLU9pU2FMNElXMGV0WWlPMm5sONIBoAFBVV95cUxNTU8xQ2pxYnBVdGFNVFJzRVIzVkk4ODRETlItaGNTNGdsUzUtTmJCeVVOd1ZxZVJhbndfQnU0Qy15NzA0bTBENjlwWldiSmhpc1QybHJhQ1RmWWFVa0xFRzZ5NUhvdEpWb0xqT3dOT2FCYWVOMGhOR2k1cjJzWGlZcTdBc09OdEphdC1aX0tnRUhjSW4zY1JqeTNBeVhxMlFT?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Trump predicts U.K.&#8217;s Starmer can &#8220;recover&#8221; from scandal over Epstein-linked ex-ambassador Peter Mandelson<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">CBS News<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMipgFBVV95cUxOUlJjaGpicWIzcE9zcWU2SHZkQ2xxcFduQXpHbnZvMFYzb2g1Y05xYmtTOC1feGFFNmVqb2RMeTFnQW9QZVdSNUZ4U1RQSmpIZDBqRUdSTnVZbkdTQ0RsNUIxSVlFRHh5eFc0T2ZNUE91S3NnSnJOM2E5bTE4N3pVR2xLRmU3MDJxVXE5dmVMV1ZrdXBJUlBFNmxVcFZqTDNFSDhKWGNn?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">A day of bombshells that may have sunk Starmer<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The Telegraph<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fired former UK official says he felt political pressure to approve Mandelson as US ambassador&nbsp;&nbsp;AP News Mood sours among Keir Starmer\u2019s allies over Peter Mandelson&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/04\/21\/fired-former-uk-official-says-he-felt-political-pressure-to-approve-mandelson-as-us-ambassador-ap-news\/\" class=\"read-more\">[more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47306","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47306","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47306"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47306\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47306"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47306"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47306"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}