The reason for such conversations was a scandal with the appointment of Peter Mandelson to the post of British ambassador to the US LONDON, February 9. /TASS/. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer may be forced to resign within a week, Bloomberg reported citing sources in the ruling Labor Party. The reason for such conversations was a scandal with the appointment of Peter Mandelson, who was friends with American financier Jeffrey Epstein convicted of pedophilia, to the post of British ambassador