Keir Starmer’s patronage lifted Mandelson up again, to the US ambassador job, despite his links to Jeffrey Epstein being well documented in mainstream and social media. Mandelson’s career is littered with dishonesty and scandal, but many (so-called) sensible voices in the media and politics argued he was the right man to represent our country on the world stage. The truth is that everyone knew the risks, but no one cared – because everyone assumes that corruption is the norm.