Lord Peter Mandelson denied any curiosity in turning into the UK’s ambassador to the US in a Newsnight interview in July – simply 4 months earlier than he was appointed to the function.

Lord Mandelson, who served within the cupboards of Sir Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, has been made the UK’s subsequent prime diplomat in Washington, as President-elect Donald Trump returns to workplace.

When requested by Newsnight’s Kirsty Wark concerning the rumours in July this yr, Lord Mandelson stated: “No no no no no. Everybody who is aware of me…is aware of I’m heading in the direction of Wiltshire not Washington.”