Peter Mandelson is the man who never goes away. But the 72-year-old architect of New Labour might have finally run out of lives. He just lost his job as the UK Ambassador to Washington. It turns out he failed his security vetting. Officials warned he was a reputational risk. They cited his long-standing ties to Jeffrey Epstein. Yet, someone in the Foreign Office overruled the spies. They gave him the keys to the kingdom anyway.

Prime Minister Keir Starmer is currently in full retreat. He told the BBC he only found out about the vetting failure this week. Nobody believes him. His own chief of staff already quit over the mess. The Epstein Files have become a noose for the London elite. Emails suggest Mandelson was passing sensitive government info to Epstein years ago. It is the kind of gossip that ruins a thousand dinner parties.

Downing Street is promising a fresh trove of documents. They want to prove the Prime Minister was kept in the dark. But the damage to the vibe is done. Global Village Space reports that calls for Starmer’s resignation are reaching a fever pitch. The government is not falling because of policy. It is falling because of the guest list. In the Ghost Era, who you know is more dangerous than what you do.