Morgan McSweeney apologized and admitted he made a "serious mistake" when, as British Prime Minister Keir Starmer's chief of staff, he recommended appointing Peter Mandelson as ambassador to the United States. The remarks were made during McSweeney's testimony before the British House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee, about two months after he resigned from his position, following Peter Mandelson's appointment as ambassador despite his known connections to pedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein. Later, the full Parliament will debate the opposition's demand to investigate Starmer regarding the answers and explanations he has provided so far in connection with the appointment.