Newly revealed documents expose Labour’s Scottish Secretary Douglas Alexander as a devoted friend of Peter Mandelson, publicly humiliating his position.
Mandelson was “influential,” in Alexander’s own words, in securing his seat as MP for Lothian East. The SNP have called for the minister’s resignation over his apparently doting relationship with Mandelson.
The disgraced corrupt former ambassador and friend of notorious pedophile Jeffrey Epstein was well-known, well-loved, and well-connected within the Labour Party. Him and pro-corporate stooge Tony Blair shaped vile New Labour through a willingness to court power, whatever ugly face it took.
However, those tight connections across the right wing (now mainstream) of the Labour Party are coming back to bite. It’s about time for figures like Alexander who so willingly courted Mandy’s ilk.
Evermore ‘influential’ Mandelson connections
These recent revelations come after the government realised over 1,000 pages of documents relating to the Dark Lord’s appointment as UK ambassador to the US by Starmer-McSweeney.
In the files it’s clear that Douglas Alexander was in regular contact with Mandelson prior to his appointment as ambassador. He also credits Mandelson with his selection and election as an MP in 2024.
Writing to Mandy about his chances of getting elected at the 2024 general election, Alexander said:
There’s v little enthusiasm for Labour but a quiet determination to secure change which is our greatest ally.
You could say that again – and again. But most revealing was on 7 July 2024, three days after the general election, following Alexander’s appointment as Trade Minister. He wrote to Mandelson declaring:
You probably don’t realise quite how influential you’ve been in this whole improbable journey.
He is essentially crediting Mandelson with helping him to secure the win. As the Canary previously reported, Mandelson was instrumental in Labour NEC 2024 general election selection procedures.
Alexander said publicly in May that Mandelson “should not have been appointed”. Yet following Mandelson’s appointment back in December 2024, Alexander messaged Mandy directly to say it was:
good news for you, for the government and for the country.
Alexander is far from alone. Mandelson was also congratulated by then-Scottish Secretary, Ian Murray, Alexander’s predecessor in-post. Murray messaged Mandy:
Congratulations your excellency. What a wonderful appointment.
It goes right to the top, too. Darren Jones, for example, privately messaged to say he was “so sorry” to see Mandy sacked in disgrace in September 2025.
It was common knowledge throughout that Mandelson had been twice sacked from ministerial positions and was also close friends with pedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein.
Mandelson was involved in ‘dumping’ Labour candidates before the 2024 election
Calls for resignation: a ‘mere puppet’
The SNP reacted quickly, calling for Alexander to quit his role as Scottish Secretary over the revelations. One SNP MSP in particular, Alex Kerr, did not hold back:
Douglas Alexander was a mere puppet for his master Mandelson and these shadowy redactions just make this sinister affair all the more despicable.
Douglas Alexander must resign and the public must be given full disclosure on whether our national security has been threatened by meetings at the instruction of Peter Mandelson.
SNP Westminster leader Dave Doogan wrote to the government’s independent standards adviser:
Despite clear obligations and processes to transparently log ministerial meetings, Mr Alexander failed to publicly declare this meeting with Peter Mandelson’s lobbying firm for a year and a half.
The SNP have now gone a step further. They’ve demanded a probe into whether Mandelson’s influence might have constituted a ministerial code breach by Alexander.
The recently revealed files indicate that Alexander was introduced to a lobbying firm with ties to foreign states Russia and China. This was not declared at the time or since.
The lobbying firm Global Counsel was set up in 2010 by Mandelson for a lucrative career after repeatedly failing in his duties to the public as an MP and multi-minister. Mandelson stepped down as director in 2024 but remains financially staked in the company.
The messages reveal that Alexander’s very first meeting, via online call, was — perhaps unsurprisingly — with that same lobbying firm, Global Counsel. Funny coincidence, eh?
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