The Observer | September 14, 2025 When sorrows come, they come not single spies, but in battalions. Our beleaguered prime minister will be familiar with the words of Claudius in Hamlet as he (Starmer, not the prince of Denmark) is accused of yet another misjudgment. I will refer briefly to Lord Mandelson, but promise that this will be an Epstein-free zone. Last weekend, while he was still our ambassador to the US, Mandelson gave an extraordinary speech.