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

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

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