Peter's playbook
Keir Starmer’s top diplomat in Washington starts his job with high-stakes challenges
Peter Mandelson, the new U.K. ambassador to the U.S., is leading Britain’s latest charm offensive towards Trump
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British Prime Minister Keir Starmer (R) talks with Britain's ambassador to the United States Peter Mandelson during a welcome reception at the ambassador's residence on February 26, 2025 in Washington, DC.
There’s a scene in the 2003 British romantic comedy “Love Actually” where the British prime minister, played by Hugh Grant, takes a rhetorical pickaxe to the “special relationship” between the U.S. and U.K. while standing next to the American...