Nigel Farage pinpoints 'real reason' Peter Mandelson was appointed ambassador to US

By Marco Giannangeli, Defence and Diplomatic Editor

As US ambassador, Mandelson volition effort to offset Farage's power (Image: PA)

THE existent crushed down Peter’s Mandelson's assignment arsenic Britain's caller Ambassador to the US is the content that helium is “uniquely susceptible of countering the Farage communicative successful Washington”, sources revealed past night.

Lord Mandelson volition go lone the 2nd governmental appointee chosen by a British Government to inhabit 1 of its astir important diplomatic seats since 1977, erstwhile PM James Callaghan picked his son-in-law, Peter Jay, for the role.

And it comes arsenic Reform Leader Nigel Farage is acceptable to bask unprecedented entree to the caller statesmanlike administration, aft his state Donald Trump is officially sworn successful arsenic the US’s 47th President tomorrow.

"What Lord Mandelson's apppintment shows is that the US medication is getting entree to idiosyncratic who has the nonstop receptor of the P​M - idiosyncratic who doesn't request to leap done diplomatic hoops to cognize ​Sir Keir's 's mind," said 1 erstwhile British ambassador past night.

"This works successful affirmative mode but, of course, it besides works defensively too. Only Mandelson has the accomplishment needed to perchance offset Farage's influential communicative successful DC."

With Reform runing neck-and-neck with the Conservative Party, Farage is expected to usage his unfettered entree to signifier Reform argumentation astatine home, capitalising connected the resurgence of right-wing reasoning successful the US by pointing to however Trump deals with the system and blistery topics similar immigration.

The Clacton MP is already being rewarded for his loyalty to Trump, arsenic the lone British person honoured with invitations to the 3 authoritative Inauguration parties this weekend.

And helium was the beau of the shot connected Friday nighttime astatine the glittering £150,000 Inauguration enactment hosted by British businessman Aaron Banks, who overcame a Visa prohibition to attend. Guests included president-elect Donald Trump, erstwhile premier curate Liz Truss a database of celebrities including Olympic swimmer Sharon Davis MBE.

Jubilant - Nigel Farage connected the eve of the inauguration shot helium hosted to honour Trump (Image: NIgel Farage / X )

Nigel Farage with Donald Trump (Image: GB NEWS)

Lord Mandeslon has already acceptable the shot rolling by launching a charm violative praising Trump

Mandelson has already paved the mode to his tenure by launching a charm violative for the caller administration, intended to neutralise immoderate nagging memories of the anti-Trump comments made by the likes of David Lammy, Wes Streeting and Angela Raynor,

In an op-ed for the close helping transmission Fox News helium urged America’s allies to “hear the connection the American radical person sent" and complimented Trump for having “straight-talking and deal-making instincts” that allies should spot arsenic an “opportunity".

The relation of ​British ​ambassador ​to the US is considered the Foreign Office's astir important assignment, usually requiring a Level 4 diplomat, compared with a Level 3 ambassador successful Paris.

“The US embassy successful DC is simply a Goliath​, employing much than 400 diplomats and enactment unit - determination are plentifulness of bodies to transportation retired regular diplomatic duties," said a diplomatic root past night.

"It volition autumn to the lawman ambassador, - presently the precise susceptible James Roscoe - to really tally the embassy.

‘It leaves the Ambassador escaped to bash the astir important job​, which is to schmooze astatine parties and springiness anyone who matters plentifulness of look time. That’s the mode the existent communicative is spread.

“If this was the Government’s intent, they couldn’t person done amended than take Mandelson, who truly is simply a past maestro astatine this benignant of thing.”