If you seek the ultimate example of the roller-coaster ride that politics can be, you need look no further than the life and work of Peter Mandelson. Time and again he has risen, time and again he has been cast down,

Prime Minister Keir Starmer has confirmed he is appointing trade expert and Labour Party veteran Peter Mandelson as the UK’s next ambassador to Washington.

Dan Mullaney, a former assistant U.S. trade representative under Trump and other presidents, who crossed paths with Mandelson in Brussels, agreed with his analysis that the U.K. would not necessarily need to choose between closer ties with Washington or Brussels.